The mother's story
By: Julia O'Donnell with Eddie Rowley
Contributors: Rowley, Eddie
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780750528870
Subjects: Social life and customs; Families; Family; Large type books; Manners and customs; Widows; Biography
Description: Julia O'Donnell grew up on a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland, going barefoot as a child during the poverty-stricken 1920s. During her teenage years she picked potatoes and travelled to Scottish ports to gut fish. She married her beloved husband Francie, but his work was physically demanding and she found herself widowed and penniless with five children while still in her forties. She survived by knitting sweaters which were sold in America by relatives, until in an amazing twist of fate, her daughter Margaret and son Daniel became chart-topping singers and she found herself mingling with celebrities and royalty.
Notes: Originally published: London: Ebury, 2007.