Just Mary: A Memoir
A frank political memoir that mixes public life with private memory. Mary O’Rourke writes about family, power, success, disappointment, and the emotional cost of a long career in public life.
Work Information
A frank memoir of political life and private loss.
The memoir reflects on O’Rourke’s years in politics, her family background, and the experiences that shaped her public voice.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan
- Published
- 2012-10-15
- Pages
- 243 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.88 x 2.54 x 23.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780717154098
- ISBN-10
- 0717154092
- Price
- 17141 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Politics & Government/Elections & Political Process/Political Parties
Although they have become more frequent in recent years, Irish political memoirs are still relatively rare. Even rarer still are political memoirs that still are frank, newsworthy and fun, like this one from Mary O’Rourke. She writes of personal and political events; of her family background and her early involvement in politics: of the many senior political figures to whom she was close, especially Charles Haughey and Bertie Ahern; of her two beloved Brians, her brother and nephew, both of whom died before their time; of her successes and disappointments. She does all this with honesty, energy and a complete absence of self-pity or self-justification. Mary O’Rourke has been one of the most successful and influential women in Irish public life in a generation. She has stories to tell that will surprise and amuse, as well as recalling moments of personal and political sadness. The book is like the woman herself: open, warm and shrewd.
Mary O’Rourke is a former Deputy Leader of her party, who has held a number of senior Cabinet positions. She has also been Leader of the Seanad and is a frequent guest on radio and television.
Reviews
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fabulous read
this was a book that was very easy to read. I could not put it down once I started . It was written in a way you could imagine Mary was sitting in front of you. It was a very honest account of some very hard times in her political and family life. highly recommend this.
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Very good
Very good
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Very enjoyable read
This is a well-written, smooth-flowing, sometimes very poignant, often amusing, overview of Mary's lifetime in public life. True to its description as a 'political memoir' it is more an account of the human aspects of a lifetime in politics rather than a comprehensive exploration of the politics of her time. The author's honesty, genuineness, candidness and sense of fun can be sensed throughout.
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An interesting biography of her time as a politician,but some credit has to be given to Enda for the support that he gave to her
.a book worth reading , particularly for women interested in the machinations of politics. I enjoyed the intrigue that was portrayed
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very interesting
I found this book very interesting. She is an amazing woman who put Ireland on its feet by making everyone proud to be Irish and not to be always looking back but to look forward. She is a great example to women .
Related Literary Awards
- Irish Book Awards Edition 10 (2012) ・Winner