An "alternately funny and heartbreaking" memoir of leavingâand findingâhome, by the author of
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie (
Newsweek).
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In
All Souls, Michael Patrick MacDonald told the story of the loss of four of his siblings to the violence, poverty, and gangsterism of Irish South Boston. In
Easter Rising, he tells the story of how he got out.
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Desperate to avoid the "normal" life of Southie, Michael first reinvents himself in the burgeoning punk rock movement and the thrilling vortex of Johnny Rotten, Mission of Burma, and the Clash. At nineteen, he escapes further, to Paris and then London. Finally, out of money, he contacts his Irish immigrant grandfatherâwho offers a loan, but only if Michael will visit Ireland.
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It is on this reluctant journey to his ancestral land that Michael will find a chance at reconciliationâwith his heritage, his neighborhood, and his familyâand, ultimately, a way forward.
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Easter Rising
A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion
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Ciencias socialesSubtopic
BiografĂas de ciencias socialesTable of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Children of Helen (MacDonald) King
- Easter Rising
- Acknowledgments
- Playlist
- Photos
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
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