It's Earlier 'Tis Getting: The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies

It's Earlier 'Tis Getting: The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies
Author: Colm O'Regan
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1473509858

Christmas – a time for peace, joy and Mammies. While others are focusing on Santa/Santy, the school nativity play, the office party and its wild cousin the Twelve Pubs, panicked present shopping and the delicate diplomacy of in-law visiting, the Irish Mammy is mobilized in her war-room – ready for the campaign. Electric blankets have been set to maximum power; cards have been despatched; the turkey has been ordered; the decorations have been retrieved from the Place Where The Decorations Go and the fifth Big Shop (to get breadcrumbs) has been completed. There are homecomings from near and far, new arrivals, drama, bustle, tears and laughter, and Mammy at the heart of it all, directing operations. There’s bound to be something she’s forgotten – but luckily, just like a certain someone, she’s made a list.

Mammy's Letters

Mammy's Letters
Author: Gertrude Langhorne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1922
Genre: African Americans in literature
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Total Pages: 948
Release: 1869
Genre: Bibliography
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
Author: Séamas O'Reilly
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0316424277

A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven siblings raised by a single dad in Northern Ireland at the end of the Troubles. Séamas O’Reilly’s mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. ­ An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? is a book about a family of loud, argumentative, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish. “In this joyous, wildly unconventional memoir, Séamas O'Reilly tells the story of losing his mother as a child and growing up with ten siblings in Northern Ireland during the final years of the Troubles as a raucous comedy, a grand caper that is absolutely bursting with life.”―Patrick Radden Keefe, NYT bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year

Mommy's Christmas Angel

Mommy's Christmas Angel
Author: Chris Madsen
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Release: 2017-10-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780999550007

Who is your Angel? And if you could say what is in your heart to them--right now--what would it be? In what is destined to become an instant Holiday Classic, "Mommy's Christmas Angel"--based on a true story--has the Author, Chris Madsen, meeting a woman in duress while Christmas shopping. He lends some assistance. While thanking him, the stranger strikes a chord that takes Chris back to a magical moment with his Mother. Chris comes to realize that not a single Christmas gift he had ever received even came close to meaning as much to him as a tender moment shared with his Mom at Christmastime long ago. "Mommy's Christmas Angel" is a book intended for everyone and all ages. A short story long on inspiration, in easy to read 16-pt. font, "Mommy's Christmas Angel" rekindles the warmth of the Christmas Spirit through 30 heartfelt pages and three Acts that compels the reader, gift-giver, and the recipient, to believe that they are never too young or never too old to become an angel on earth! On the back cover, in a "Call to Action," Author Chris Madsen implores EVERYONE: moms, dads, children grandparents, partners, guardians, aunts, uncles--ANYONE who wants to gift their angel this Christmas--to ensure their own legacy, by taking the time to write a note on the "From my heart to yours..." page (page 28), sharing why they are so special to you...making "Mommy's Christmas Angel" a cherished keepsake for generations to come. Visit mommyschristmasangel.com and share your photo, testimonial and "From my heart to yours..." note with all the angels of the world! (Subject to approval)