Memoir
By: John McGahern.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: McGahern, John, 1934-; Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Biography.; Ireland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: The author offers a revealing and poignant memoir of growing up in Ireland with a violent father and selfless mother as the eldest of seven children, the early death of his mother and the strong influence of his mother's love on his life, his career as a writer, and the impact of the landscape of his youth on both his life and work.