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Ma, I'm gettin meself a new mammy : a memoir of Dublin at the turn of the 1960s

Ma, I'm gettin meself a new mammy : a memoir of Dublin at the turn of the 1960s

Long, Martha (Irish author)
Book 2014

"After numerous arrests for shoplifting, Martha is sent to the convent where, the judge rules, she is to get an education. Martha is relieved to be out of the clutches of her horrible drunken stepfather, Jackser, and her feckless mother, Sally, but anxious about what awaits. Her days in the convent are steady, predictable, safe--everything that her life had not been prior to being sent away. But as she says, "You can have a full belly, but your h...

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ISBN:
9781609805012
Edition:
First Seven Stories Press edition
Description:
336 pages ; 22 cm
Other Title:
Ma, I am gettin meself a new mammy
Ma, I'm getting myself a new mommy
Ma, I am getting myself a new mommy
Memoir of Dublin at the turn of the ninety-sixties
Notes:
Sequel to: Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes
Subtitle from spine
"First Published in Great Britain in 20089 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh."--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
LCCN:
2013025720
Control Number:
1892550
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