03664cam a2200673 4500 1715992435 TxAuBib 20241116120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781501197116 1501197118 B07GNRK9M5 Amazon bfb3ce32-d922-4f47-a62e-e65f981d26f2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4246443 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Phelan, Tom. We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It [READS eBook] : A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood. Gallery Books, 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2652kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. books about catholic priests. books like angela's ashes. working for john joe. books about ireland. working for johnjoe. books about priests. inspiring memoirs. Catholic church . all will be well. inspiring books. rural community. Ireland history. Irish Catholic. Angela's Ashes. irish midlands. Irish history. Frank McCourt. irish authors. john mcgahern. irish priests. Irish Memoir. county laois. ireland book. irish books. tom phelan. Isolation. irish lit. john-joe. Ireland. HTML:<b>"You don't have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift—just being human and curious and from a family will suffice." —Malachy McCourt, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>A Monk Swimming</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>In the tradition of Frank McCourt's <i>Angela's Ashes</i> and Alice Taylor's <i>To School Through the Fields,</i> Tom Phelan's <i>We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It</i> is a heartfelt and masterfully written memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s.</b><br /> Tom Phelan, who was born and raised in County Laois in the Irish midlands, spent his formative years working with his wise and demanding father as he sought to wrest a livelihood from a farm that was often wet, muddy, and back-breaking.<br /> <br /> It was a time before rural electrification, the telephone, and indoor plumbing; a time when the main modes of travel were bicycle and animal cart; a time when small farmers struggled to survive and turkey eggs were hatched in the kitchen cupboard; a time when the Church exerted enormous control over Ireland.<br /> <br /> <i>We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It</i> recounts Tom's upbringing in an isolated, rural community from the day he was delivered by the local midwife. With tears and laughter, it speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of life's adversities. Biography & Autobiography. Multi-Cultural. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=bfb3ce32-d922-4f47-a62e-e65f981d26f2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=bfb3ce32-d922-4f47-a62e-e65f981d26f2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=bfb3ce32-d922-4f47-a62e-e65f981d26f2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)