Don't wake me at Doyles : the remarkable memoir of an ordinary Irish woman and her extraordinary life
Murphy, Maura, 1928-2005
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When 70-year-old Maura Murphy discovered she had cancer, she left her husband of 50 years and started writing her memoirs. Born in 1920s Ireland, Maura lived much of her adult life in England, where she raised nine children and fought to keep together a family ravaged by poverty and alcohol.
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London : Headline, 2005.
Collation:
406 p. ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: 2004.
ISBN:
9780755313051 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.082092941'.082'092941.082092MUR
Language:
English
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BRN:
58840