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15%OFFMartha Long - Ma, I´m Gettin Meself a New Mammy - 9781845964498 - 9781845964498
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Ma, I´m Gettin Meself a New Mammy

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Description for Ma, I´m Gettin Meself a New Mammy Paperback. Aged 13, Martha Long is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather and her feckless mother. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school. Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived. This is her memoir. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.

Aged thirteen, Martha is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather, Jackser, and her feckless mother, Sally. After numerous arrests for shoplifting, a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school with the instruction that she is to get an education.

Her initial relief at escaping the abuse and neglect she suffered at home is, however, short-lived, as she soon realises that there are many forms of cruelty in this life. As she says, 'You can have a full belly, but your heart can be very empty.' Ostracised by the ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845964498
SKU
9781845964498
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Martha Long
Martha Long was born in Dublin in the early 1950s and still lives there today. She has written seven critically acclaimed volumes of autobiography, including the bestselling Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes. Run, Lily, Run is her fiction debut.

Reviews for Ma, I´m Gettin Meself a New Mammy
[Martha's] humour, verve and inextinguishable spark of hope always shine through, which is what makes her book so appealing
Irish Independent
A born survivor, Martha is undoubtedly also a born storyteller
The Star

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