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M for Mammy
M for Mammy | Eleanor O’Reilly
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Heart-breaking, heart-warming, and hilarious: a glorious debut' Ruth Hogan 'Strong and taut' Anne Griffin 'Fresh, thoughtful and original' Irish Times 'I really enjoyed this, Eleanor is a lovely writer' Sheila O'Flanagan Meet the Augustts: Ma and Da, Jenny and Jacob, and their no-nonsense Granny Mae-Anne. Complicated as only families can be, they are bound together by their love for one another, and for a piping hot bag of chips. When misfortune strikes and Granny moves in, they learn to understand each other anew through new stories and old memories. Sometimes, in a family as complicated as the Augustts, it's not always what is spoken that makes the most sense. M for Mammy is an uplifting story about the unique comfort of home, the language we can find when the words aren't there, and the power of a family to heal itself. 'A heartfelt debut about love, understanding and the complicated ties of family' Prima 'Lovely, sharp, compassionate, well-observed writing' Felicity Hayes-McCoy 'Channelling the warm heart and good cheer of Marian Keyes . . . very amusing' Irish Independent 'Exuberant. A brilliant, bubbly new voice' Irish Examiner 'A gloriously funny, bittersweet debut' Ireland of the Welcomes
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rachaich
M for Mammy | Eleanor O’Reilly
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Book club choice... not one I'd have picked but always happy to try!

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readingjedi
M for Mammy | Eleanor O’Reilly
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Bailedbailed

Gave it to 20% but am calling it quits. Hate DNFing, it feels like a failure on my part rather than the book in question.

Just didn't take to this one - the language is downright purple, too many fussy & pointless figures of speech for my liking. The stream of consciousness-like chapters by the stroke afflicted mother do not work at all - it's just a list of random words. I have never enjoyed writing of this type so I'll just step away ...

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readingjedi
M for Mammy | Eleanor O’Reilly
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Just started this one. Boy, is it over-written! I can feel a DNF coming on....

Anyone read it? Is it worth persevering?

marleed Good luck! It‘s so hard for me to DNF a book. 4y
readingjedi @marleed Me too. I'm at 8% and not really enjoying it but I will give it til 15% then re-assess. 4y
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