Grand

byNoelle McCarthy, Noelle McCarthy (Read by)

Becoming My Mother’s Daughter

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'I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith.' - Mammy, just before she dies

Funny, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in pubs all over Cork City, Noelle McCarthy's mother Carol rages against her life and everything she's lost.

As soon as she can, in the early years of the millennium, Noelle runs away. All the way to New Zealand. Yet, the demons of the past give chase and Noelle seems fated to throw away her future, just like her mother. Somehow she gets out of the hole and makes a new life. But then Carol gets sick, and finally it's time to face the past and everything that's waiting back home in Cork.

Grand is sharp, funny, tender and deeply moving - a dazzlingly honest memoir about becoming a modern woman.

A natural storyteller with a Sedaris-like eye for black humour. There are sharp splinters of comic relief . . . compelling and nuanced

Edel Coffey, Irish Times

About Noelle McCarthy

Cork-born Noelle McCarthy is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. She lives in New Zealand where she and her husband make podcasts as Bird of Paradise Productions. She is the 2023 International Institute of Modern Letters writer in residence. The No 1 bestselling Grand, her debut, won the Best First Book award in the non-fiction category of the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards.
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  • Imprint: Sandycove
  • ISBN: 9781844886678
  • Length: 517 minutes
  • Price: £14.00
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