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The laughter of mothers / Paul Durcan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Harvill Secker, 2007Description: 131 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781846550232 .
  • 9781846550232 .
Subject(s): Summary: These poems commemorate his mother as Paul Durcan remembers her playing golf, reading Tolstoy, and initiating him in the magic of the cinema. He recalls her compassion and loyalty when he was committed to a mental hospital in adolescence and how she endured the ordeal of her old age.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non-Circulating ATU Mayo McDonagh Collection Donation 821.914 DUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Library Use Only J183066
Non-Circulating ATU Mayo McDonagh Collection Donation 821.914 DUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Library Use Only J182590

These poems commemorate his mother as Paul Durcan remembers her playing golf, reading Tolstoy, and initiating him in the magic of the cinema. He recalls her compassion and loyalty when he was committed to a mental hospital in adolescence and how she endured the ordeal of her old age.

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