Almost There (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Nuala O’Faolain
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: 1996-2002
- Setting: Ireland and New York
- Principal Characters: Nuala O’Faolain, Joseph, John, Tomás
- Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, Family or family life, New York, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twenty-first century, Brothers and sisters, Fathers, Terrorism or terrorists, 1990’s, Ireland or Irish people
Nuala O’Faolain first achieved fame in the United Kingdom as a columnist for the Irish Times. By her career choice she followed in the footsteps of the father she both loved and felt abandoned by, Tomás, better know as Terry O’Sullivan, Ireland’s first society columnist. Almost There, O’Faolain’s second memoir, reiterates her feelings about her childhood and her parents, especially her neglectful, alcoholic mother. It discusses O’Faolain’s life during the six years following the first memoir and offers many insights into her process as a writer. Her writing...
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