Title: Rory and Ita
Description: "Rory and Ita, Roddy Doyle's first non-fiction book, tells - largely in their own words - the story of his parents' lives from their first memories to the present. Born in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year's Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951.

They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods - the people (aunts, cousins, shopkeepers, friends, teachers), the politics (both came from Republican families), idyllic times in the Wexford countryside for Ita, Rory's apprenticeship as a printer. Ita's mother died when she was three ('the only memory I have is of her hands, doing things'); Rory was the oldest of nine children, five of them girls."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Families, Family, Intellectual life, Family & Relationships, Homes and haunts, Irish authors, Biography & Autobiography, Family relationships, Childhood and youth, Biography, Nonfiction, Ireland, biography, Ireland, social life and customs, Authors, biography, Family, ireland, Homes, Manners and customs, Irish Authors
Places: Dublin, Dublin (Ireland), Ireland
People: Ita Doyle (1925-), Roddy Doyle (1958-), Rory Doyle (1923-)
Time periods: 20th century