Don't wake me at Doyles: the remarkable memoir of an ordinary Irish woman and her extraordinary life

Murphy, Maura 1928-

Don't wake me at Doyles: the remarkable memoir of an ordinary Irish woman and her extraordinary life - Headline 2005 - 406 p.

When 70-year-old Maura Murphy discovered she had cancer, she left her husband of 50 years and started writing her memoirs. Born in 1920s Ireland, Maura lived much of her adult life in England, where she raised nine children and fought to keep together a family ravaged by poverty and alcohol.

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Murphy 1928- Maura


Irish--Great Britain--Biography


Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century
Ireland--Social conditions--1922-1973

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