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Paperback The Mammy Book

ISBN: 0452281032

ISBN13: 9780452281035

The Mammy

(Book #1 in the Agnes Browne Series)

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"Mammy" is what Irish children call their mothers and The Mammy is Agnes Browne--a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humor and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias "The Kaiser") and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor.

Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colorful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life.

Now a major motion picture starring Anjelica Huston

Customer Reviews

11 customer ratings | 7 reviews

Rated 4 stars
Truthful and Funny

Humor and loss combine to create truth. Funny and compelling, the titular Mammy is a strong woman who faces adversity and does her best to raise her children. There are some real laugh out loud moments. I read this in 2 sittings and plan to read the rest of the series because there are some possibilities in the ending, and I want to see how they play out.

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Rated 5 stars
The thing is, the crazier the world seems to get, the...

The thing is, the crazier the world seems to get, the more I like the feckin' hilarity. Delivered! In spades. I return to this series again and again. It makes me nuts when a lauded novel is poorly-executed (sometimes I think a book was pubished due to subject matter more than talent, or skill). O'Carroll really, really knows how to write. The antics, all perfectly believable, implausible though they may seem (that's a...

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Rated 5 stars
No pity party here!

The Mammy is simply delightful! Agnes Browne is a woman that we could all learn from. As you read The Mammy, you can invision how poor the Browne family was, but it was as if they didn't know it. They are a family as full of laughter as they are determination and strength. A woman, left widowed with 7 children, is rarely a character that would bring you to laugh aloud when reading in public. What is even more striking...

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Rated 5 stars
How can you laugh at a widow with seven children?

How can you laugh at a widow with seven children? When the widow is Agnes Browne, you can! Dublin is the home for Agnes Browne and her family. The cards have fallen and Agnes has so much going against her- her husband's recent death, being a single mother to her seven children, and working long hours selling produce in her stall on Moore Street. But when Agnes finds herself at the bottom of the barrel, she shows her never...

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Rated 5 stars
Enjoyable!

If I could rate this book higher than a five, I would. I have never enoyed a book as much as Agnes Brown. I highly recommend it for a good laugh and a very endearing story. I also read the rest of the books Brendon O'Carroll wrote. I bought my books and when I finished with them, loan them to my friends to read. I wish he would write more, I look forward to reading them. Excellent is the word for Brendon O'Carroll's writtings...

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