Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood - Softcover
A moving, vivid, and life-affirming picture of a boyhood, an extended family, a proud community, and an all-but-vanished way of life. Seán O'Connor was born in Francis Street, in the Liberties of Dublin, a neighborhood famous over the centuries for the sturdy independence of its people. Now, in this evocative and affectionate book, he recollects the unique and colorful district of his childhood: the neighbors who lived there, their traditions, talk, and lore, the music and poetry of the laneways and markets. Remembrances of the 1940s classroom, of bird-watching in Phoenix Park, of roaming towards adolescence in the streets of his ancestors are mingled with tales of ancient ghosts and the coming of change to the Liberties. O'Connor, father of the novelist Joseph, tells his story with honesty, warmth, and style, and the often wry wit of his home-place. This tenderly written testament of one Liberties boy builds into a vivid and heartwarming picture of his own extended family as part of a proud community and its all-but-vanished way of life.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Seán O'Connor is a Chartered Engineer with an MA in science from Trinity College. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland and a Member of the Irish Bar, and has won major prizes for Engineering Design.
Review:
"Open any page at random of Sean O'Connor's "Growing Up So High" and you are instantly swept up in a swirling cornucopia of the sounds, sights and sensations of a Dublin childhood, rendered as fresh now as when first experienced by the wide-eyed boy who drank in every experience decades ago. This is a memoir for any lover of Dublin to test their mettle and memories against: an account of an impressionable, mischievous and inquisitive child growing up in a large extended family within the Liberties of Dublin, whose teeming laneways and close-knit community acted like a second extended family, forever expanding his knowledge about future mysteries of adulthood and past stories of previous lives lived on those streets. It is a love poem to family members, neighbours and friends who turned that innocent boy into the man he is today, all vividly brought back to life within the pages of this vibrant memoir of a vanished Dublin." --Dermot Bolger
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherHachette Books Ireland
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1444743090
- ISBN 13 9781444743098
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9781444743098
Buy Used
US$ 4.31
Convert currency
Stock Image
Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood
Published by
Hachette Books Ireland
(2014)
ISBN 10: 1444743090
ISBN 13: 9781444743098
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR006561607
Buy Used
US$ 5.45
Convert currency
Stock Image
Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood
Published by
Hachette Books Ireland
(2014)
ISBN 10: 1444743090
ISBN 13: 9781444743098
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR008840849
Buy Used
US$ 5.45
Convert currency
Seller Image
Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood
Published by
Hachette Books Ireland
(2014)
ISBN 10: 1444743090
ISBN 13: 9781444743098
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Foxing to the pages. Seller Inventory # wbs6228410218
Buy Used
US$ 1.88
Convert currency
Stock Image
Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood
Published by
Hachette Books Ireland
(2014)
ISBN 10: 1444743090
ISBN 13: 9781444743098
Used
paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good. All orders are dispatched the following working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we have over 500,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. Seller Inventory # mon0006845880
Buy Used
US$ 4.49
Convert currency
Stock Image
Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9781444743098
Buy Used
US$ 4.31
Convert currency
Stock Image
Growing up So High
Published by
Hachette Ireland
(2014)
ISBN 10: 1444743090
ISBN 13: 9781444743098
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # GRP92509998
Buy Used
US$ 5.70
Convert currency
Stock Image
Growing up So High
Published by
Hachette Ireland
(2014)
ISBN 10: 1444743090
ISBN 13: 9781444743098
Used
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP82077814
Buy Used
US$ 5.70
Convert currency