Part memoir, part social history, part meditation on community itself.
Childhood will never be the same again.

"Gentle … affectionate … good-humoured … heart-breaking …” —The Irish Times

"Each individual chapter feels like a short story in itself."
Peter Sheridan, books of the year, Liveline, RTÉ Radio 1

"Resolutely amusing and emotionally resonant …"
—Sunday Business Post