The Mammy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452281035)

"Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne--a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humor and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias "The Kaiser") and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor.

Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colorful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life.

Now a major motion picture starring Anjelica Huston

Author: Brendan O'Carroll
ISBN-10: 0452281032
ISBN-13: 9780452281035
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/1999
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.40w x 0.48d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/08/1999 pg. 41
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/1999 pg. 402
Library Journal 05/01/1999 pg. 112
Booklist 05/01/1999 pg. 1578
New York Times 07/18/1999 pg. 19