A memoir of dublin in the 1950s memoirs of dublin book 1 kindle edition by martha long author format. Martha long author martha long was born in the 1950s in dublin, where she lives to this day. Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes by veronica liu issuu. The story about a little girl who is beaten, beaten and beaten some more by her mothers boyfriend, put out into the streets at the age of 412 at all hours of the night with just an old torn dress on her back and no coat to keep warm. Born to a teenage mother whose primary talent seemed to be childbearing, long was forced to do anything she could to survive. Martha and ma escape to england, but for an itinerant irishwoman finding work in late 1950s england is a near impossibility.
Martha long was born in dublin in the early 1950s and still lives there today. Martha long, irish author born illegitimate to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s dublin, martha has to be a fighter from the very start. She writes well in the colloquial language of midcentury ireland, using the voice of the young girl she was. Just 4 years old at the start of the book, the author had to grow up fast in the extreme poverty that engulfed her. Ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes by martha long goodreads. Martha and ma escape to england, but for an itinerant irishwoman finding work in. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Not for the faint of heart, longs story is a gritty, grueling, and heartbreaking testament to one girls unbreakable. A memoir of dublin in the 1950s memoirs of dublin paperback february 18, 2014 by martha long author visit amazons martha long page. She is the author of the sevenpart ma series of memoirs, all of which have been bestsellers in the uk and ireland. Marthas first book, ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes, was published in trade paperback in 2007 and reached no. Martha longs ma, he sold me for a few cigarettes is the first in her series of five memoirs and covers her life from age 4 through age 11 in 1950s dublin, ireland this harrowing memoir chronicles the horrific and systemic sexual and physical abuses martha long.
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