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Nuala O’Faolain’s first memoir Are You Somebody? became a literary sensation and an international bestseller when it was first published by New Island Books in 1996. It launched a new life for its author, at a time when she had long since let go of expectations that anything new could dislodge patterns of regret and solitude. A pioneering work of literary memoir, Almost There opens at that moment when O’Faolain’s life began to change. It tells the story of a life in subtle, radical, and unforeseen renewal. It is a tale of good fortune chasing out bad – of an accidental harvest of happiness. But it is also a provocative examination of one woman’s experience of the ‘crucible of middle age’ – a time of life that faces in two directions, that forges the shape of the years to come, and also clarifies and solidifies one’s relationships to friends and lovers, family and self. Nuala O’Faolain’s final memoir, Almost There chronicles the pursuit of artistic and personal integrity, and what it is to be a woman in contemporary society, with the signature style and raw candidness of her personal writing.

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Reglas de oro para una irlandesa con retranca que escribe en clave motivadora para estadounidenses de mediana edad:1. Prohibido citar a pensadores alemanes suicidas.2. NADA de masturbación.3. La muerte no se menciona (no pega con los lacitos de portada, Rosie, querida).4. Repetir postre no se contempla como consejo inspirador.La irlandesa con retranca es Rosaleen Barry, cincuenta y pico. Con su amigo Markey, experto asador de malvaviscos afincado en Seattle, preparan el cuadernito Diez ideas para la mitad del viaje. Rosie es el centro galáctico de esta historia llena de mujeres con sofocos. Junto a ella, su arisca pero adorable tía Min, que está a punto de vivir una aventura al más puro estilo Huckleberry Finn. O Reeny, fiel escudera de Min y una virtuosa manipuladora del sistema sanitario. También Peg y Tessa, las amigas de siempre. Y ya puestos, la cerdita Madre Irlanda y las fantasmas antepasadas de Rosie, en una casa remota que llega por sorpresa.Con cariño,

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