Ireland: Memories of our Childhood

By FC Maeila

We have all been present at those special moments when people reveal and share their most treasured memory of their parents. It might be over a meal, during a nostalgic home visit or just at a moment in our lives when tears and a much-needed hug replace the traditional, impersonal handshake. I hope that this book will be a written embodiment of those precious moments.

”Six stars...a superbly evocative memoir, a wonderful evocation of a world, as was in Ireland, now gone forever”...Tom Bye, author of “From Hugs to Kisses”

”These brief, finely written, nostalgic tales evoke such memories...some tug at the heartstrings and remind us that true-life episodes have a far greater power than fiction. Six stars!”...Camac Johnson, author of “Untouchable”

“What lovely stories, little snippets of real lives, simply told, windows into a different time and place. Fabulous!”... Sharda Dean, author of “Mr. Unusually’s Circle of Dream”

• Language: English
• Publisher: FC Maeila
• Release date: Jul 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9780615667645

FC Maeila

I was born in the Irish midlands and emigrated to the United States in my early twenties. I worked in financial banking and I juggled a career with a family and the hustle and bustle of a busy life. In the process of my parents passing I came to feel that it was important to honour their and their generation’s memory. "A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of home I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child" ... successories 2005...follow the dream...

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