Almost There

The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman

De: Nuala O'Faolain

Narrado por: Nuala O'Faolain

In 1996, a small Irish press approached Nuala O'Faolain to publish a collection of her opinion columns from the Irish Times. She offered to write an introduction to explain the life experience that had shaped this Irish woman's views. Convinced that none but a few diehard fans of the columns would ever see the book, she took the opportunity to interrogate herself as to what she had made of her life.
But the introduction, the "accidental memoir of a Dublin woman," was discovered, and Are You Somebody? became an international bestseller. It launched a new life for its author at a time when she had long let go of expectations that anything new could dislodge patterns of regret and solitude, well fixed. Suddenly, in midlife, there was the possibility of radical change.
Almost There begins at that moment when O'Faolain's life began to change. It tells the story of a life in subtle, radical, and unforeseen renewal. It is a tale of good fortune chasing out bad -- of an accidental harvest of happiness. But it is also a provocative examination of one woman's experience of the "crucible of middle age" -- a time of life that faces in two directions, that forges the shape of the years to come, and also clarifies and solidifies one's relationships to friends and lovers (past and present), family and self.
Intelligent, thoughtful, hilarious, fierce, moving, generous, and full of surprises, Almost There is a crystalline reflection of a singular character, utterly engaged in life.© Nuala O'Faolain; (P)2003 Simon and Schuster Inc.

Honest & Endearing

I loved this book, and I will read her other autobiography and novel. Nuala is starkly honest, and still, you love her. It's encouraging to any of us who have made mistakes to learn that we are still loveable. And Nuala's soft Irish accent is soothing. This is a great book for middle aged women, and anyone who grew up in a large family.

honesty and courage

I appreciate and admire so much the honesty and courage of this writer. I have read all of her previous books, and enjoyed all of them as much as this one. Her writing is lyrical, but also starkly realistic and emotionally accessible.

Her beautiful voice

Her painful honesty. To survive a childhood with so little love is a feat in itself

great storytelling ability

so tender and relatable. enjoyed it a lot due to her ability to engage the reader.

A must read

I love that she read her own story. This is a must read for anyone who had difficult parents and childhood. I think it help me to understand even more how ones childhood never truly disappears or heals.