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13%OFFMartha Long - Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes - 9781845963132 - KRF2233227
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Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes

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Description for Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes Paperback. Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.

Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start.

As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. But just when it seems things can't get any worse, her mother meets Jackser.

Despite her trials, Martha is a child with an irrepressible spirit and a wit beyond her years. She tells the story of her early life without an ounce of self-pity and manages to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845963132
SKU
KRF2233227
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, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes
Stands head and shoulders above everything else in the category . . . a remarkable personal and literary achievement for the author and an unforgettable experience for the reader
Irish Independent
[Long's] story is unique in its rawness and its honesty. Entirely self-educated, she narrates her own life in a way which is both riveting and moving ... Read more

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