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Anna May Mangan
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7 July 2011

ME AND MINE tells the story of an Irish immigrant family who left rural Ireland in the 1950s to find work and a better way of life in England. From aunts who claimed their current hair shade as genetic and ferried leather suitcases dripping with blood from the Irish boat train because English meat was 'dirt' to one who mashed all of her only son's food until he was eleven in case he choked, and relatives being considered monied because of owning a post office account and a caravan!

Battling poverty, death, illness and everday life this is a story of survival, triumph and laughter in the face of adversity from a truly colourful cast of characters told with wit and warmth.



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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Virago (7 July 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844086720
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844086726
  • Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 2.1 x 23.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 254,624 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Hilarious, tragic and hugely touching, Me and Mine will win over even the hardest of hearts ... A journey of love, laughter and loss ... A superb memoir' -- Sunday Express 'Captivating ... The joys and sorrows of a large working-class Irish emigrant family are amply and honestly covered ... Me and Mine is warm-hearted with many memorable characters' Guardian 'Mangan is a terrific writer ... it is so beautifully and delicately described that every word rings true ... very funny too' Irish Independent --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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A wonderfully compelling and entertaining memoir about the experiences of an Irish immigrant family in the tradition of ANGELA'S ASHES.

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A cracking good read 8 July 2011
Format:Paperback
`Me and Mine' does what it says on the tin - it is a warm-hearted memoir of a family who, one by one, emigrated from rural Ireland to London in the 1950s. It was a time when landladies could, quite legally, advertise rooms to let with `NO DOGS, NO BLACKS, NO IRISH', yet still they came, swelling the building sites, pubs and dance-halls of London with their exuberance and zest for life.

Anna May Mangan paints a spot-on portrait of her family that perfectly captures the period. Her family members come to life through her witty writing and she doesn't pull her punches at all - she talks of her father's love of gardening and his petty thieving from his employers with equal affection and devastating honesty. This is no saccharine tale - life was tough for Irish immigrants, some of whom were barely literate, and the female members of her family had a particularly hard time of it. Not only did most of them marry feckless wastrels, but one by one they succumbed to cancer and neither Anna May nor her sister have been spared this particular genetic inheritance.

But if it was a malignant fairy who cursed the Mangan women with this cruel disease, two good fairies countered the curse by bestowing on them the gifts of humour and courage. It is these qualities that shine through the book and which, as much as the excellence of the writing, make it a cracking good read.

Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant!!!! 8 May 2012
By sheila
Format:Paperback
This book is laugh out loud funny and heartbreakingly poignant. The author, Anna May Mangan tells the story of her family, warts and all, in a frank, sympathetic and often hillarious way. I love her 'voice' and reading this book was like sitting down with a friend and having a natter. She tells us about her vast extended family in a way I recognise and love. This book is a little gem and I hope to see more by this author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars me and mine 13 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback
Anna May Mangan's writing whisks you from one episode to another on a breathless journey through her family. I felt as if I was sitting in a room with the doors being constantly flung open as one after another, her finely drawn relatives in all their splendour and contrariness, stormed in demanding tea or whiskey.
She relates a world that is probably now lost of unlocked doors, money in the teapot, large families that would support each other even if they couldn't stand the sight of each other, casual but plentiful work and the magic of the dance hall.
Her skill is to make this real, not a caricature, and she achieves this through her acute observation, her warmth and her great command of form and structure, so we travel with these people who are, like all of us, extraordinary in their ordinariness.
Worth reading as a social document but more enjoyable as a great tale.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Started reading it and couldn't put it down
Started reading it and couldn't put it down ,I was actually laughing out loud (something I don't do) and ended up persuading two other people to buy the book and both of them also... Read more
Published 7 days ago by charlotte
5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious
I loved this book, it made me roar with laughter at some of the situations, but it also brought a tear to my eye at other times.
Published 1 month ago by pam hibberd
5.0 out of 5 stars Memories
Th is book brought many memories of living with my Irish family and some of the written articles related very much to them
Published 1 month ago by greta
5.0 out of 5 stars Me and mine..
excellent service and product...fast delivery highly recommended.
This book was bought as a gift and have been told that she couldnt put the book down.
Published 2 months ago by david.t.jones
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed
Enjoyed reading this book and having lived in the UK and Dublin in the late 6s/70s could relate to the culture and the humour.
Published 2 months ago by Anne-Marie
5.0 out of 5 stars good read
Good interesting book. Ms Mangan writes very well. A real page turner that gets you involved in the characters. I enjoyed it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by siantee
5.0 out of 5 stars Me and Mine
Happy to recommend this heart warming book of a woman's family. Reminded me of my own experience of growing up.
Published 4 months ago by geraldine donnelly
5.0 out of 5 stars From Ireland to England with Love
I bought Me and Mine earlier in the year and thoroughly enjoyed it; so I've now bought it for Christmas for my elderly neighbour. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Turley
5.0 out of 5 stars good story
Very good true story, it takes you through the generations, their closeness and also their tragedies,dont want to say to much as it will spoil it, other to say you will enjoy it.
Published 7 months ago by migsy
1.0 out of 5 stars stereotyping rubbish
One star given because it has taken time to write!! I bought it to read on holiday in Ireland and workied all the way through in the hopes that it would come good. Read more
Published 9 months ago by horse
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