Are You Somebody?

The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman

Nuala O'Faolain

• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781429923064
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Journalist Biographies

"You don't want the book to end; it glows with compassion and you want more, more because you know this is a fine wine of a life, richer as it ages."—Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes One of nine children born into a penniless North Dublin family, Nuala O'Faolain was saved from a harrowing childhood by her love of books and reading. Though she ultimately became one of Ireland's best-known columnists, her professional success did little to ease her loneliness and longing for a deep connection to the world. Are You Somebody? distills her experiences into a wisdom that can only come from an obstinate refusal to shrink from life.This commemorative edition of her landmark memoir celebrates O'Faolain's remarkable life and work with a new foreword from Frank McCourt as well as additional archival materials. Strikingly vivid and starkly emotional, Are You Somebody? is, like O'Faolain herself, a singular example of courage, honesty, and bold living.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
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• Praise for Are You Somebody?
• AFTERWORDS
• NUALA O’FAOLAIN - INTERVIEWED BY MARIAN FINUCANE
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Copyright Page