Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"O'Faolain's candor and honesty, and ultimately her compassion, set this memoir well apart." (Alice McDermott)
"This book has to be read." (Zoë Heller, The New York Times Book Review)
"O'Faolain understands how the most contented of us can still be overwhelmed unexpectedly by regret for the life not led."(Time)
"A profoundly textured, truthful memoir, loving and acerbic, vividly told . . . with lyrical grace and intellectual stamina . . . an immensely courageous undertaking." (The Irish Times)
"A lovely and complex mosaic out of the moments that make up a life as it is being lived." (Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today)
"Searing, unsentimental book." (Maureen Dezell, The Boston Globe)
Review
"Are You Somebody is an extraordinary, powerful memoir. It is beautifully written, with an honesty that is both sensitive and stark." --Roddy Doyle
"A remarkable memoir, poignant, truthful, and imparting that quiet wisdom which suffering brings." --Edna O'Brien
Synopsis
Are You Somebody is a moving and fascinating portrait of both Ireland and one of its most popular and respected commentators. This gem of honesty and insight had its first life as the introduction to a collection of Nuala O'Faolain's Irish Times columns that became a number-one bestseller in Ireland. It now stands alone. Ireland has fallen in love with this memoir of an Irish woman of letters, and now this country will too.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Nuala O'Faolain has been a waitress, sales clerk, and maid; a university lecturer; a TV producer; and, most recently, a columnist with
The Irish Times. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, and National Public Radio's Week Edition. She lives in Dublin.