- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Pan; New Ed edition (7 Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330374397
- ISBN-13: 978-0330374392
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 148,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The title of Peter Sheridan's second memoir Forty-Seven Roses refers to the number of flowers left on his father's grave by a long-standing friend, Doris. "A space had been cleared away in the centre, about where his heart would be. On it lay a fresh bunch of red and white roses." Sheridan's father, Peter, first met Doris in Dublin in 1947. If religion and politics hadn't conspired against them the couple would have more than likely married. In the event, Peter married Anna, Sheridan's mother, instead.
Throughout his parent's marriage, Doris was ever omnipresent and became a constant thorn in his mother's side, as over a period that spanned 47 years his father continued to maintain a relationship with the wife that never was, meeting occasionally and corresponding regularly. Following his Dad's sudden death, Sheridan sets out to discover why Doris remained faithful to a man she could never have and why his father held onto a fantasy that would never be fulfilled. As Sheridan forms a relationship with Doris himself, he begins to understand why his father never let go of the woman fate forced him to leave behind. What unfolds is the true story of one man's love for two women, and two women's love for one man. --Christopher Kelly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A second book of autobiography to follow 44:A Dublin Memoir - a delightful account of his parents' relationship from their first meeting over a poker game to their final happy days in retirement. But when Peter's father died suddenly, it emerged that he had maintained a relationship with another woman since the 1940s. At turns humorous and heartbreaking, this is a story of a marriage dogged by a third partner. fierce family pride and the pain of grief.
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Format:Audio Cassette
This book was recommended to me by a very good friend and I am so glad that I read it! It has so much going for it; it is humourous, witty, insightful and desperately sad. It charts a relationship between the authors father and the girl he almost married. They had a relationship spanning 47 years, hence the title, that seemed to overcome all obstacles. There are some very funny moments in the book too, about growing up in Dublin, and some moving descriptions of less happy times in life, all in all, then a very human account of how true love is more than a feeling.
Format:Paperback
Beautiful book. Made be laugh out loud in some part!
This man is such a good writer!!!
This man is such a good writer!!!
Format:Paperback
This is a brilliant light hearted read, even though the book is about life after his fathers death, Sheridan has a great talent in relating any personal story with such heart you just can't help yourself but enjoy the read. A father broken between two loves on dying has given his son a chance to ask the questions he couldn't ask in life.
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