Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes : a memoir of Dublin in the 1950s

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Title:

Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes : a memoir of Dublin in the 1950s

Author:

Long, Martha.

Personal Author:

Long, Martha.

Edition:

1st Seven Stories Press ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Seven Stories Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

479 pages ; 21 cm

Summary:

Born illegitimate to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. The author tells the story of her early life without an ounce of self-pity.

General Note:

"First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh"--Title page verso.

Language:

English

Personal Subject:

Long, Martha-Childhood and youth.

Subject Term:

Illegitimate children -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Biography.

Abused children -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Biography.

Poor children -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

Dublin (Ireland) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.