Reviews
"O'Faolain's candor and honesty, and ultimately her compassion, set this memoir well apart." (Alice McDermott) "This book has to be read." (Zoeuml; Heller,The New York Times Book Review) "O'Faolain understands how the most contented of us can still be overwhelmed unexpectedly by regret for the life not led."(Time) "A profoundly textured, truthful memoir, loving and acerbic, vividly told . . . with lyrical grace and intellectual stamina . . . an immensely courageous undertaking." (The Irish Times) "A lovely and complex mosaic out of the moments that make up a life as it is being lived." (Bob Minzesheimer,USA Today) "Searing, unsentimental book." (Maureen Dezell,The Boston Globe), "O'Faolain's candor and honesty, and ultimately her compassion, set this memoir well apart." (Alice McDermott) "This book has to be read." (Zoeuml; Heller, The New York Times Book Review) "O'Faolain understands how the most contented of us can still be overwhelmed unexpectedly by regret for the life not led."(Time) "A profoundly textured, truthful memoir, loving and acerbic, vividly told . . . with lyrical grace and intellectual stamina . . . an immensely courageous undertaking." (The Irish Times) "A lovely and complex mosaic out of the moments that make up a life as it is being lived." (Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today) "Searing, unsentimental book." (Maureen Dezell, The Boston Globe), "O'Faolain's candor and honesty, and ultimately her compassion, set this memoir well apart." (Alice McDermott) "This book has to be read." (Zo Heller, The New York Times Book Review ) "O'Faolain understands how the most contented of us can still be overwhelmed unexpectedly by regret for the life not led."( Time ) "A profoundly textured, truthful memoir, loving and acerbic, vividly told . . . with lyrical grace and intellectual stamina . . . an immensely courageous undertaking." ( The Irish Times ) "A lovely and complex mosaic out of the moments that make up a life as it is being lived." (Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today ) "Searing, unsentimental book." (Maureen Dezell, The Boston Globe ), "O'Faolain's candor and honesty, and ultimately her compassion, set this memoir well apart." (Alice McDermott) "This book has to be read." (Zoë Heller, The New York Times Book Review ) "O'Faolain understands how the most contented of us can still be overwhelmed unexpectedly by regret for the life not led."( Time ) "A profoundly textured, truthful memoir, loving and acerbic, vividly told . . . with lyrical grace and intellectual stamina . . . an immensely courageous undertaking." ( The Irish Times ) "A lovely and complex mosaic out of the moments that make up a life as it is being lived." (Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today ) "Searing, unsentimental book." (Maureen Dezell, The Boston Globe )
