Book review: Creedon’s childhood set him up well to become Ireland’s most charming man

'This Boy's Heart' is so filled with joy, happiness, and almost relentless wonder that a reader will inevitably wonder if John Creedon wore rose-tinted glasses as he wrote
John Creedon’s memoir is almost an anti-‘Angela’s Ashes’, as it is filled with joy, happiness, and almost relentless wonder.

John Creedon’s memoir is almost an anti-‘Angela’s Ashes’, as it is filled with joy, happiness, and almost relentless wonder.

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  • This Boy’s Heart: Scenes From an Irish Childhood 
  • John Creedon 
  • Gill Books, €22.99 

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