Book Review: Noelle McCarthy evokes Cork in the 80s and 90s in Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

"...while she and Carol laugh together at her schoolmates’ middle-class lifestyle, Carol also constantly reminds Noelle, ‘You’re as good as any of them, girl, don’t ever forget it.’"
Book Review: Noelle McCarthy evokes Cork in the 80s and 90s in Grand: Becoming My Mother's Daughter

Author Noelle McCarthy. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

Sun, 02 Jul, 2023 - 11:00
Alannah Hopkin

  • Grand: Becoming my mother’s daughter 
  • Noelle McCarthy 
  • Penguin Sandycove, €18 

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