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€9.95
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‘I wanted him to be someone he wasn’t. I wanted me to be someone I wasn’t.’A stunning new book from the number one bestselling, award-winning author of All the Things Left Unsaid and Staring at Lakes. To mark his 70th birthday Michael Harding travelled to Spain and walked the Camino de Santiago.
Yet, as he set off on his pilgrimage, he found he wasn’t alone. Accompanying him on his 126-kilometre walk in theheat of the Spanish sun was the ghost of his long-dead father, a distant and aloof figure whom he lost when he was only twenty-two years old. Here, with searing honesty and beautifully wrought prose, Harding examines how this man, who had diedalmost half a century ago, could have had such a profound effect on the writer’s life.
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€19.95
I grew up in a psychiatric experiment crossed with an alcoholic experiment . . . a place run by two people who were extraordinarily drunk and guarded by a potentially vicious dog with a brain tumour.
PJ Gallagher spent much of his childhood knocking back Lucozade with the local alcoholics in his parents’ northside pub. But the chaos that reigned for his first ten years was nothing compared to what happened when – having lost the pub – his mum took in six psychiatric patients from the local hospital to give them ‘care in the community’.
Worst. Idea. Ever.
Madhouse is PJ’s riotous life story. Covering everything from dogs, motorbikes and the art of small talk, to the lessons of mental breakdown and finally figuring out love, this is PJ unbound. Most surprising – to PJ more than anyone – is the prospect of becoming a dad in his late forties, when he always thought of ‘family’ as a trap.
Madhouse is the funny, insightful and moving story of someone just trying to keep his head above water – and how he is making sense of it all at last!
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€14.95
PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey are two mammy’s boys from Cork who are always up for a skit. The I’m Grand Mamual is Kevin and PJ’s hilarious and heart-warming ode to their mammies, Phil and Nuala. Taking a different well-worn saying – such as ‘We haven’t died a winter yet’ and ‘Sure, who’d be looking at you anyway?’ – Kevin and PJ recount wild experiences from their lives – from coming out, holidays and money management to dating, hustling and sustainability – where the phrase has rung true, proving that ‘Mam always knows best.
With great humour and middling advice, The I’m Grand Mamual is a big-sisterly companion that proudly celebrates embracing yourself and the uniquely Irish mother-child relationship.
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€14.95
‘The name’s O’Carroll-Kelly. Ross O’Carroll-Kelly.’As the great James Bond said, ‘History isn’t kind to men who play God.’ How right the dude ended up being. My secret double-life was finally catching up with me.
Sorcha wanted a divorce. I was facing jail time for taking my orse out in a pub in Cork. And there was a very good chance that my sister-in-law’s surrogate baby was actually mine? One by one, all of the goys turned their backs on me.
Then came an unexpected plot twist. From beyond the grave, Fr Fehily – the M and the Q to our Leinster Schools Senior Cup-winning team – sent us all on one final mission . . . To walk the Camino – or die trying! It’s, like, double oh fock!
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€11.95
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‘He’s almost certainly not the hero you ordered, but he’s the hero we need right now’ Dave Gorman’I nearly stopped breathing twice as I was laughing so much. Glorious.” Dom Joly’Probably the funniest thing I’ve read this year’ Rufus HoundGet ready for the online adventures of one man who just wants to make friendsAnd one very annoyed worldBased on the ingenious Sir Michael Twitter account, How to (Almost) Make Friends on the Internet is the funniest book you’ll read this year. Whether it’s offering his services as a Karate Lawyer or Funeral DJ, devising the world’s worst plan to get a free haircut, or trying to buy a blue bucket that may or may not be for sale, Michael just wants to connect with people.
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€8.95
‘The latest offering in the hilarious Ladybird for Grown Ups series is a funny mickey-take of the Brexit debate (and boy, do we need some fun)’
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€15.00
At Havin’ a Laugh we are delighted that ‘The Book’ is finally here.
It all started when a group of people who met for a Havin’ A Laugh coffee morning began telling each other funny stories, a book was suggested, and now nine months later we are delighted to be able to share our first book with you!
The Book is a collection of great stories, jokes, poems, art and imagery that will inspire and delight. It’s a wonderful book that you can easily dip in and out of and it would also make a wonderful gift.
All of the amazing content in The Book was submitted by people from Sligo, Leitrim and beyond between the ages of 6 and 94 and proceeds from sales will go directly towards providing life-enhancing activity vouchers for those in mental health recovery.
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€20.95
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In nearly three decades as a performer, Tommy Tiernan has never wanted to play it safe. So, when it came to doing a chat show, he threw out the rule book: going in blind, not knowing who would turn up. It could be a global star, like Adam Clayton, or a statesman like Michael D Higgins, or someone unknown to Tommy (and most of his audience), like autism awareness activist, Ciara-Beth Ni Ghriofa or geneticist Aoife McLysaght.
It’s high-wire stuff and makes for electrifying viewing. Winging It brings together twenty-one extraordinary interviews from The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE One – a mix of the profound, the profane, the funny and the moving. Tommy’s belief in honest conversation is at the heart of Winging It.
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€16.95
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Having just turned 40, Bernard O’Shea found himself hurtling towards a mid-life crisis. His waistline expanded, his flexibility abandoned him, his wardrobe was invaded by elasticated beige trousers and sandals – could this be the male menopause?In his hilarious and often alarmingly honest style, Bernard documents his journey, first fighting the menopause tooth and nail – buying into every fad diet and hair-growth pill, even returning to Mass to find faith – before recruiting the help of a therapist, some experts in mindfulness, and, as always, the support of his long-suffering wife. Can Bernard navigate the manopause to come out the other side with his dignity intact? He’s about to find out …
