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Ma, I'm Gettin Meself A New Mammy (2008)

by Martha Long(Favorite Author)

4.21 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1845964047 (ISBN13: 9781845964047)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Mainstream Publishing

series

Ma...

review 1: Martha Long does it again in this second installment of her series of memoirs of her life coming of age in Dublin. This book takes us through Martha's time spent at the convent, where she was sent for theft (theft meaning stealing butter to sell to make money to feed her five siblings, mentally unstable mother, and rotten maniacal alcoholic stepfather). Here she learns what life is like away from the cruel streets of Dublin, but life is still not easy for young Martha. Unable to keep up with the studies in school due to never having been given an education, Martha is sentenced to hard labor by the Nuns. This story is the tale of how she survived the convent and the vicious girls who lived there.
review 2: This is a memoir about Martha Long's horrific childh... moreoood in Ireland. It is absolutely heartbreaking, and whilst you want to walk away from the horror of her life, it is absolutely compelling, and you can't put this book down. Her positive attitude despite the horrors that occurred was incredible, especially considering that she was a child. This book changed me forever. Never will I whinge again about how "hard" my life is. Absolutely inspiring!!!!!! less

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