Me and Mine by Anna May Mangan (audio)
6/10
This is a book about an Irish immigrant family who came over to England in the 1950s, written from the perspective of one of the daughters in the present day.
What I got out of it was that I learnt more about a migrant's life, and what it was like to be treated with such cruel and bigoted racism (lodging houses would have a sign in their windows - 'no blacks, no dogs, no Irish'). These Irish immigrants had come to try to make a better life and were met by rudeness, irrational fears and rumours, and systematic discrimination.
It's actually a book written with humour and a lot of affection, and is also a story about the way that cancer runs in families.
Phew.
6/10
This is a book about an Irish immigrant family who came over to England in the 1950s, written from the perspective of one of the daughters in the present day.
What I got out of it was that I learnt more about a migrant's life, and what it was like to be treated with such cruel and bigoted racism (lodging houses would have a sign in their windows - 'no blacks, no dogs, no Irish'). These Irish immigrants had come to try to make a better life and were met by rudeness, irrational fears and rumours, and systematic discrimination.
It's actually a book written with humour and a lot of affection, and is also a story about the way that cancer runs in families.
Phew.
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