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Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes : a memoir of Dublin in the 1950s / Martha Long.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Long, Martha (Irish author)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Long, Martha--Childhood and youth.
- Long, Martha.
- Illegitimate children--Ireland--Dublin--Biography.
- Illegitimate children.
- Abused children--Ireland--Dublin--Biography.
- Abused children.
- Poor children--Ireland--Dublin--Biography.
- Poor children.
- Dublin (Ireland)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Dublin (Ireland).
- Dublin (Ireland)--Biography.
- Ireland--Dublin.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 479 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Seven Stories Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Seven Stories Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- When Long's feckless mother hooks up with the Jackser, Martha is regularly sent out to beg and more often steal, and her wiles are often the only thing keeping food on the table. Virtually uneducated, she is natural-born storyteller and has captured hearts across Europe.
- Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Mainstream Publishing Company, Edinburgh"--T.p. verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hiram G. Haney Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1609804147
- 9781609804145
- OCLC:
- 769424524
- Publisher Number:
- 99952086377
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