Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?: A Memoir -- S饌mas O'Reilly - Hardcover

"In this joyous, wildly unconventional memoir, Séamas O'Reilly tells the story of losing his mother as a child and growing up with ten siblings in Northern Ireland during the final years of the Troubles as a raucous comedy, a grand caper that is absolutely bursting with life."―PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, NYT bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain

Séamas O'Reilly's mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate.
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An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumentative, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish.

Author: Séamas O'Reilly
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780316424257

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2022 pg. 8
Publishers Weekly 02/28/2022

About the Author
Seamas O'Reilly is a columnist for the Observer and writes about media and politics for the Irish Times, New Statesman, Guts, and VICE. He lives in Hackney with his family