We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish

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We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood

In the tradition of Frank McCourtâ€™s Angelaâ€™s Ashes and Alice Taylorâ€™s To School Through the Fields, Tom Phelanâ€™s We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s.

Tom Phelan, who was born and raised in County Laois in the Irish midlands, spent his formative years working with his wise and demanding father as he sought to wrest a livelihood from a farm that was often wet, muddy, and back-breaking.

It was a time before rural electrification, the telephone, and indoor plumbing; a time when the main modes of travel were bicycle and animal cart; a time when small farmers struggled to survive and turkey eggs were hatched in the kitchen cupboard; a time when the Church exerted enormous control over Ireland.

We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It recounts Tomâ€™s upbringing in an isolated, rural community from the day he was delivered by the local midwife. With tears and laughter, it speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of life's adversities.
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2019-03-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501197093

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2019-03-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501197093

We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood

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