The stars are our only warmth : a memoir / Alice Leahy ; with Catherine Cleary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leahy, Alice, author.

Cleary, Catherine, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leahy, Alice.

Nurses--Ireland--Dublin--Biography.

Nurses.

Homeless persons--Services for--Ireland--Dublin.

Homeless persons.

Homelessness--Ireland--Dublin.

Homelessness.

Poverty--Social aspects--Ireland--Dublin.

Poverty.

Social classes--Ireland.

Social classes.

Homeless persons--Services for.

Poverty--Social aspects.

Ireland.

Ireland--Dublin.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

368 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

regular print

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : The O'Brien Press, 2018.

Summary:

In the 1970s Alice Leahy left nursing to work and live in a Dublin homeless shelter. This is the story of her life and life choices, from an empowering childhood, with free run of a big house estate in Tipperary to her invaluable work with some of Ireland's most marginalised people, at The Alice Leahy Trust, in Dublin. Alice has always been an important voice in the debate around homelessness in Ireland. An insider with an outsider's eye, this is the memoir of an untypical life from a radical humanitarian who has always believed that anything is possible. The Stars Are Our Only Warmth tells powerful truths about Irish life and the people who taught Alice what it is to be alive in this world.

Contents:

1 Annesgift, Fethard, County Tipperary p. 17

2 To Rule We Must First Obey. Training to be a Nurse p. 48

3 Listening for a Heartbeat. New Life in the Rotunda p. 75

4 My Calm Kingdom. Night Duty p. 96

5 The Simon Shelter. In at the Deep End p. 120

6 The Elephant Catchers p. 151

7 Trust. The Gift from a Dying Woman p. 176

8 Restaurant Revolutionaries p. 210

9 Partners and a Sort of Homecoming p. 249

10 Trials p. 284

11 The Homelessness Industry p. 310

12 Walkabout p. 338.

ISBN:

9781788490252

1788490258

OCLC:

1039317894