{"product_id":"did-ye-hear-mammy-died-9780708899236","title":"Did Ye Hear Mammy Died","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFroman \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and Twitter sensation, the story of a boy growing up in a family bonded by loss, love and mockery, set against the backdrop of Northern Ireland in the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuch wonderful writing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nigella Lawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI cannot stress enough how much I love this funny, adorable memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e Not only hilarious, tender, absurd, delightful and charming, but written with such skill as to render it unforgettable. I now can't wait to see the TV series and\/or to become Séamas's best friend -- Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of Reasons to be Cheerful\u003cbr\u003eI laughed until I choked, I cried BUCKETS, I have NEVER been so charmed, I fell in GIANT LOVE with Daddy O'Reilly. Seriously, this is \u003cb\u003ea rare and beautiful book \u003c\/b\u003e -- Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid Ye Hear Mammy Died\u003c\/i\u003e is a delight. \u003cb\u003eBoth moving and funny in huge measure\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dara Ó Briain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTender, sad and side-splittingly funny,\u003c\/b\u003e this is the unforgettable story of how a boy with ten siblings and no mother grew into a man. It's a love letter to Northern Ireland and all the children, dogs, priests and struggling parents that live there. \u003cb\u003eI adored it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Annie MacManus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrotesquely funny\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sophie Heawood, author of The Hungover Games\u003cbr\u003eMelancholy and sweet and funny and sad all at once * Jay Rayner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn almost improbable true story of an Irish man bringing up eleven (yes, eleven) children on his own, after his wife dies.\u003c\/b\u003e Séamas is the ninth of these \"half-orphans\" and he writes about his childhood and grief with such pathos and wit - even the chapter on his father's love of dogs is exquisite.\u003cb\u003e A gorgeous memoir\u003c\/b\u003e -- Pandora Sykes\u003cbr\u003eI enjoyed this immensely. I laughed a lot (often out loud). \u003cb\u003eA heartfelt tribute to an alarmingly large family held together by a quietly heroic father\u003c\/b\u003e -- Arthur Mathews, co-creator of Father Ted and Toast of London\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful and funny and beautiful because it's funny. It's also sad and life affirming and \u003cb\u003eall about loss and border life and quietly heroic fatherhood and chaotically excessive siblinghood and priests and dogs\u003c\/b\u003e. I loved it -- Patrick Freyne, author of Okay, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea\u003cbr\u003eI've been struggling to commit to a book for weeks but I've just read the first few pages of \u003ci\u003eDid Ye Hear Mammy Died\u003c\/i\u003e and I'M BACK BABY -- Emer McLysaght\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDid Ye Hear Mammy Died\u003c\/i\u003e is so funny and wonderfully written, I love it -- Maeve Higgins","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738415214935,"sku":"9780708899236","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780708899236.jpg?v=1720048111","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/did-ye-hear-mammy-died-9780708899236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}