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Search - Are You Somebody? : The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman
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Book Description:
Nuala O'Faolain attracted a huge amount of critical praise and a wide audience with the literary debut of Are You Somebody? Her midlife exploration of life's love, pain, loneliness, and self- discovery won her fans worldwide who write and tell her how her story has changed their lives. There are thousands who have yet to discover this extraordinary memoir of an Irish woman who has stepped away from the traditional roles to define herself and find contentment. They will make this paperback a long-selling classic.
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Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Arts & Literature >> Authors
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Ethnic & National >> Irish
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Professionals & Academics >> Journalists
- Substores >> Reading Group Guides >> Biographies & Memoirs
Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Hardcover, Hardcover
Top Member Reviews
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
The book didn't grab me in the beginning... but, I'm glad I persevered. It is an amazing account of "any woman's" life! I am so glad I didn't give up on it! Definitely worth the read!
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
We read another of her books - My Dream of You - in our book club. That led me to buy and try to read this earlier book - Are You Somebody? - by this author. I lost patience with this one, and gave up after about 40 pages. Other readers obviously didn't agree with me as this book was a NY Times Best Seller.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book started out well, but got very boring in the end. It was also quite depressing and negative. Would be interesting to someone of Irish descent I think though.
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Sue K. (I read this book after I found out the author had died recently. It was a very interesting read.
Liese S. (I just wasn't as captivated by this book as I wanted to be. Well-written, but rather dry, and the events did not seem to justify a book. It's nice to hear the Irish woman's voice, instead of the constant Irish man's paean to Mom (who was too damned busy to dwell on her own life, and didn't have the time to write it down herself). Still, I prefer those to this one. It wasn't unpleasant to read, but I didn't find it very satisfying.
This book hits many chords of resonance with women who were raised in dysfunctional families.A sometimes painful coming of age of a very intelligent Irish woman.
Barb I. from LAKEVILLE, MN wrote on 4/24/2007...Couldn't read this one.
Tamara T. from ATHENS, GA wrote on 4/5/2007...This was a great book. It was great getting to hear about a life in Ireland during that time period.
Good ..bit times in the middle hard to follow but picks back up nicely.
The autobiography of a woman who began life as one of nine children in a poor Dublin family. It is a good Irish read.
Patricia H. from COLUMBUS, GA wrote on 8/14/2006...A most unusual,but unteresting read. There were definitely parts of her story that were identifiable to the stories of many,though not all write & publish them.
Linda F. from LAKE FOREST, CA wrote on 1/9/2006...she is an incredible woman but her story is so sad, it was difficult to read it.
This book was an amazing read, one I would highly recommend to all out there, it touched my heart and soul to read Nualas words, and I connected to her story on so many levels....at one point I saw myself in her story....