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The Troubles with Us
- One Belfast Girl on Boys, Bombs and Finding Her Way
- Narrated by: Alix O’Neill
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
‘Derry Girls meets David Sedaris’ Elske Rahill
‘The writing is full of energy and originality’ Irish Times
Growing up on the Falls Road in 1990s Belfast, Alix O'Neill has seen it all – burnt-out buses blocking the route to school, the police mistaking her father for a leading terrorist. Not that she or her friends are up to speed with the goings-on of the resistance. They’re too preoccupied with the obsessions of every teenage girl – booze, boys and Boyzone – to worry about the violence on their doorstep.
Desperate to leave Northern Ireland and the trials of her mother’s unorthodox family – a loving yet eccentric band of misfits – behind, she makes grand plans for the next stage. But it’s through these relationships and their gradual unravelling that Alix begins to appreciate not only the troubled history of where she comes from, but the strength of its women.
Warm, embarrassing and full of love and insight, The Troubles with Us is a hilarious and moving account of the madness and mundanities of life in Northern Ireland during the thirty-year conflict. It's a story of mothers and daughters, the fallout from things left unsaid and the lengths a girl will go to for fake tan.
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- NL
- 31-08-21
Great read
Loved this book. Funny, revealing. What a story about growing up in Northern Ireland interwoven with family drama and intrigue. Highly recommend.
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- Andrew
- 16-07-22
Read, read, read
Funny and whitty and just plain brilliant. A must read and informative about living in Northern Ireland toward the end of the troubles
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- SHANN NICHOL
- 30-03-22
Bang on. Great craic
Just listened to this and can’t wait to listen again. Growing up in roughly the same period as the author I can relate 100% to this. Has “The Cres” right down to a T. Bloody brilliant. Well done Alix, it’s a bloody cracker.
Love from A 50 year old ex snobby bastard BT 9er
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- J McB
- 11-07-23
Relatable, nostalgic and honest. Wonderful.
Relatable, nostalgic and honest. Wonderful. Takes me right back to childhood and unashamedly my points out key events in NI history. Will leave you smiling, laughing, reflecting and remembering. Thank you Alix O’Neill.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-08-21
Funny and heartfelt
Funny and heartfelt story, really enjoyed it. The author does a good job reading as well.
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- kerry green
- 28-06-21
Brilliant
Growing up in Belfast this is a must listen!
I hear & recognise so many places.
Funny, true, sad all sorts! I loved it & have recommended it to all my friends who will also recognise the places and some people.
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