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Chargement... My Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son's Search For Homepar Michael Brendan Dougherty
![]() Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Here is a rare memoir that isn't self-absorbed. The ringing quote from the author Michael Brendan Dougherty: “The men who calculate and seek out useful lessons for the present will erect their glass cages and other monstrosities across the landscape. But Ireland will surround her with muddy faerie forts. Her divine knight will come again, ‘walking from the summer headlands / To his scarecrow cross in the turnip-ground.’...Romantic Ireland is dead and gone; it yet rises from the grave… And: “But the Rising has taught me that when we act, or when we are forced to act on behalf the future, the past can be given back to us as gift.” It is in the end, a deeply hopeful book and thus an antidote and corrective to much of what we read today. As far as memoir type books good, this is a really good one. I liked the way that this book was written in the style of letters. I really appreciated the fact that author, Michael shared his heart and soul with this book. The letters really brought me closer to him. This is exactly the way I want to feel and experience when I am reading a book about someone's life. My heart ached for Michael. Yet, he had a wonderful mother. She loved him. Her inserting bits of Ireland to him when he was a young boy is sweet. With each letter, I grew closer to Michael. He was honest in his letters. I have been fortunate to never experience my parents going through a divorce. Yet, my nephews have and my heart breaks for them. Readers who like reading nonfiction or memoirs will find this book heartfelt and real. Mr. Dougherty is so honest that it is refreshing to read that in a book. This book is a recommended read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty delivers a mediation on belonging, fatherhood, and nationalism, through a series of letters to his estranged Irish father. The child of an Irish man and an Irish-American woman who split up soon after he was born, Michael Brendan Dougherty grew up with an acute sense of absence. He loved his mother but longed for his father, who only occasionally returned from Ireland for visits. He was happy enough in America, but desperately wanted the sense of cultural belonging that his Irish half-siblings seemed to enjoy. When his first child was born, Dougherty knew he wanted to give her that kind of solid connection to her heritage. Aware that he was becoming a cliché--the Irish-American who wants to be more Irish than the Irish--he began to study Gaelic. He buried himself in Irish history and learned old songs to sing to his daughter. Most significantly, he began writing letters to his father about what he remembered, what he missed, and what he longed for, realizing along the way that his longings were shared by many of his generation. These letters would become this book. Many Americans today, of all backgrounds, lack a clear sense of cultural heritage or even a vocabulary for expressing this lack. And as the national conversation about identity becomes increasingly polarized, people tend to avoid talking about their roots altogether. In these deeply felt and fascinating letters, Dougherty offers a new way for all of us to think about who we are, where we came from, and where we're going."--Provided by publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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