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"You don’t want the book to end; it glows with compassion so you want more, more because you know this is a fine wine of an life, richer as it ages."—Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes

One of nine children born into a penniless North Dublin family, Nuala O’Faolain was saved from a harrowing childhood by her love of books and reading. Though she eventually became one of Ireland’s best-known columnists, her professional success did little to help ease her loneliness and desiring a deep connection to the entire world. Are You Somebody? distills her experiences into a wisdom that can only just result from an obstinate refusal to shrink from life.

This commemorative edition of her landmark memoir celebrates O’Faolain’s exceptional life and work with a new foreword from Frank McCourt as well as additional archival materials. Strikingly vivid and starkly emotional, Are You Somebody? is, like O’Faolain herself, one exemplory case of courage, honesty, and bold living.