Heaps of Trouble - Softcover
Set against the lively backdrop of Everybody's toyshop in Inchicore, Dublin, one word sums it up: trouble. But this vivid depiction of boyhood in the 1950s and 1960s, his parents mostly at loggerheads, especially his alcoholic father, as they bounced from sobriety to drunkenness, is never bitter. Early schooldays at the infamous Goldenbridge Convent, injured at age ten in an explosion, which kills his beloved only sister, and going to court in search of ""Compo,"" are in turn distressing, sad, and hilarious. From the start to the heart-stopping finish after a summer working in St. James Hospital, we are drawn into his triumphs and disasters with laughter and sadness never far away.
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Emelyn Heaps lives in County Clare. At 19, he married and purchased 40 acres of mountain land in Cork. Later he sold the farm, divorced and spent time developing light aircraft. He emigrated to the West Indies in 1988, returning to Ireland in 2001 to build a new life in County Clare in tourism. His hobbies include writing, golf and horse riding.
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- PublisherCollins Pr
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1848890419
- ISBN 13 9781848890411
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages249
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