The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story
Description
He waved goodbye to her from the gate. It pained him to see her hands over her mouth standing motionless under the hall doorway, watching her child embark on an uncertain future. He was broken inside, wanting to cry because he feared what was waiting nine thousand miles away, but also guilty for the pain he was causing her. But instead of breaking, he smiled brightly, and, like a politician up for reelection, waved a hearty farewell, then quickly disappeared into the oblivion his brother's car provided. Murphy and his brother had a cup of tea at Shannon airport while waiting for his boarding call. Then they shook hands in farewell. "This will kill your mother." Were his brother's final words. Soon the silver place was shooting out over the Atlantic, distancing him with each second from his mother, from the small boy who was part of him, and from Ireland. This is an "almost true" story. As true, anyway, as memories of an Irish son wrung from confessionals where his condemnation to burn forever in hell was confirmed, and dredged from the bottom of the bottle where his only solace seemed to elusively linger, might be. Murphy was a child of the newly emerging 1950's Irish middle class, and was raised in the environment of a conflicted marriage that never should have happened. While his privileged upbringing seemed idyllic to the outside world, his reality was starkly different. He became a meteor raging through the lives of those who loved him and many who didn't. This Irish memoir of an Irish Catholic childhood begins in Limerick, Ireland, and takes us on a personal journey complete with the challenges of Catholic schooling, the confusion of adolescence within a culture that condemned even the thought of anything carnal, the allure of omnipresent alcohol, and the desperate need to escape the misery so bound up in strong family ties that escape was near impossible. Told with forgiveness and humor and compassion for the innocent child who turned rebellious and self-destructive and learned most lessons the hard way.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9780998760636
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 0b52dd0d-31b5-e688-12aa-1a63f6add603 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | longfellahs son |
Grouping Author | michael cassidy |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-11-23 02:33:59AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-28 04:28:33AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Cassidy, Michael
author
Cassidy, Michael
author2-role
Cassidy, Michael,reader
hoopla digital
hoopla digital
author_display
Cassidy, Michael
display_description
He waved goodbye to her from the gate. It pained him to see her hands over her mouth standing motionless under the hall doorway, watching her child embark on an uncertain future. He was broken inside, wanting to cry because he feared what was waiting nine thousand miles away, but also guilty for the pain he was causing her. But instead of breaking, he smiled brightly, and, like a politician up for reelection, waved a hearty farewell, then quickly disappeared into the oblivion his brother's car provided. Murphy and his brother had a cup of tea at Shannon airport while waiting for his boarding call. Then they shook hands in farewell. "This will kill your mother." Were his brother's final words. Soon the silver place was shooting out over the Atlantic, distancing him with each second from his mother, from the small boy who was part of him, and from Ireland. This is an "almost true" story. As true, anyway, as memories of an Irish son wrung from confessionals where his condemnation to burn forever in hell was confirmed, and dredged from the bottom of the bottle where his only solace seemed to elusively linger, might be. Murphy was a child of the newly emerging 1950's Irish middle class, and was raised in the environment of a conflicted marriage that never should have happened. While his privileged upbringing seemed idyllic to the outside world, his reality was starkly different. He became a meteor raging through the lives of those who loved him and many who didn't. This Irish memoir of an Irish Catholic childhood begins in Limerick, Ireland, and takes us on a personal journey complete with the challenges of Catholic schooling, the confusion of adolescence within a culture that condemned even the thought of anything carnal, the allure of omnipresent alcohol, and the desperate need to escape the misery so bound up in strong family ties that escape was near impossible. Told with forgiveness and humor and compassion for the innocent child who turned rebellious and self-destructive and learned most lessons the hard way.
format_catalog
eAudiobook
format_category_catalog
Audio Books
eBook
eBook
id
0b52dd0d-31b5-e688-12aa-1a63f6add603
isbn
9780998760636
last_indexed
2024-03-28T11:28:33.035Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Other
literary_form_full
Other
primary_isbn
9780998760636
publishDate
2017
publisher
Pro Audio Voices
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Autobiography
Biographies
Biography
History
Biographies
Biography
History
title_display
The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story
title_full
The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story [electronic resource] / Michael Cassidy
title_short
The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story
topic_facet
Autobiography
Biography
History
Biography
History
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT13359996 | Online Hoopla Collection | Online Hoopla | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 1 | false | true | Hoopla | https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13359996?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 | Available Online |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT13359996 | eAudiobook | Audio Books | Unabridged | English | Pro Audio Voices | 2017 | 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 25 min.)) : digital. |
scoping_details_catalog
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT13359996 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | false | false | false | false |