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Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Written by: Séamas O'Reilly
Narrated by: Séamas O'Reilly
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A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles.

Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. ­

An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumentative, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish.

“In this joyous, wildly unconventional memoir, Séamas O'Reilly tells the story of losing his mother as a child and growing up with ten siblings in Northern Ireland during the final years of the Troubles as a raucous comedy, a grand caper that is absolutely bursting with life.”―Patrick Radden Keefe, NYT bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year
©2022 Séamas O'Reilly (P)2022 Little, Brown & Company
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Too fast 🤭

I had to order the book because the reader is far too fast for me. I couldn’t understand a word — but it’s a heart wrenching and at times hilarious memoir — just a hard listen. Looking forward to the read!

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I recommend it to everyone

this book gave me everything I needed. absolutely consumed it in one sitting. Quick and Brilliant and humorous and heart wrenching.

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