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Ma, it's a cold aul night an I'm lookin for a bed

Title: Ma, it's a cold aul night an I'm lookin for a bed / Martha Long.
Author: Long, Martha (Irish author).
Publication: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2015.

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Description

349 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"The next installment of the Ma books--all bestsellers in Ireland and the UK--brings readers on the journey of Martha's first months of freedom in Dublin after leaving the convent where she spent her early adolescence. In the latest chapter of Martha Long's autobiographical series, Martha is for the first time on her own: discharged from the convent, she's finally 16, the age she'd long dreamed of as the doorway to her freedom from the whims of cruel adults. 'Life is a bowl of cherries!' she reasons as she sets out to blend in with the middle classes and find love, acceptance, and respect therein. But this is also Dublin in the 1960s, where class aspirations ain't so easy for the likes of Martha. As one job and bedsit is found (and lost), another soon comes along with its own foibles and dangers. But with her signature spirit and true grit, Martha makes the best of every situation and manages to offer compassion even to the most downtrodden of characters who cross her path. Chance meetings with old friends from the convent and a fortuitous (yet brief) reunion with two of her brothers remind Martha of all she has experienced (and survived) and serves as the impetus for her to keep going, even when homelessness is all but certain. As with her previous books, Ma, It's a Cold Aul Night an I'm Lookin for a Bed has us cheering for Martha. This time she doesn't have any nuns or abusive stepfathers preventing her from making progress, but life does still get in the way, and that bowl of cherries sometimes proves to be a bit more sour than Martha would hope"--

Alternative Title

Ma, it's a cold old night and I'm looking for a bed

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Note

"First published in Great Britain in 2009 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh"--Title page verso.

Call Number

JFD 15-4910

ISBN

9781609805982
1609805984

LCCN

2014038385

OCLC

2014038385

Author

Long, Martha (Irish author).

Title

Ma, it's a cold aul night an I'm lookin for a bed / Martha Long.

Publisher

New York : Seven Stories Press, 2015.

Edition

First Seven Stories Press edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Research Call Number

JFD 15-4910

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