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English Daughter by Maggie Wadey (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSandstone Press The Limited
ISBN-101910985139
ISBN-139781910985137
eBay Product ID (ePID)239499181
Product Key Features
Book TitleEnglish Daughter
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Customs & Traditions
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMaggie Wadey
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight4.3 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-304722
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes56 vols.
Dewey Decimal941.92082092
SynopsisOne woman's journey to discover more about the woman who was her mother. Agnes Kavanagh was born in Tipperary, Ireland, one of nine children. In the 1930s she came to England, married an Englishman, and didn't go back to Ireland for 50 years. As a child the author was aware of her mother being different from the rest of the family, and that it was somehow connected to her being Irish. In Agnes's final years she began to talk of her past and reveal her youth and upbringing to the author. Only after her mother's death did Maggie Wadey travel to Tipperary and there began to discover the true story., As a child I was aware of my mother being different from my father and his family, and that her difference was somehow connected with her being Irish, but I knew almost nothing of her youth and upbringing. In the year or so before she died, she did begin to talk to me about her past. The first sequence of the book is based on those childhood memories. Only after my mother's death do I go to Tipperary and there I begin to discover another story, the life she never told me about., After her mother's death, Maggie Wadey went to Ireland to discover what had made her mother so different., As a child, writer Maggie Wadey was aware her mother was different from her father and his family, and that the difference was do with her Irishness, but she knew nothing of her Tipperary background. Then, before she died, Agnes Kavanagh began to talk about the past. Gradually, Maggie began to piece together her mother's early life. But it was only after Agnes's death that she discovered another story - a life and a secret hidden in layers of silence.
LC Classification NumberDA990.T5
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