Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?: the bestselling memoir

Séamas O Reilly's memoir, "Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?" is a touching and humorous story of a family growing up in rural Derry during the 1990s. The book explores the siblings' relationships, their father's quirks, and their struggles with grief and adulthood. It has received critical acclaim for its portrayal of a large family and its unsentimental portrayal of love, loss, and humor.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 22 July 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

The Irish Times No. 1 Bestseller
An Post Biography of the Year
Gorgeous Pandora Sykes
A rare and beautiful book
Marian Keyes
Tender, sad, and side-splittingly funny
Annie MacManus
A delight
Dara Ó Briain
Séamas O'Reilly's mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten brothers, and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble (most of the time), and Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate.

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
is a book about a family of argumentative, loud, musical, sarcastic, grief-stricken siblings, shepherded into adulthood by a man whose foibles and reticence were matched only by his love for his children and his determination that they would flourish.
It is the moving, often amusing, and completely unsentimental story of a boy growing up in a family bonded by love, loss, and fairly relentless mockery.

A heartfelt tribute to an alarmingly large family held together by a quietly heroic father
Arthur Mathews, co-creator of Father Ted and Toast of London
Not only hilarious, tender, absurd, delightful, and charming, but written with such skill as to render it unforgettable
Nina Stibbe

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780708899229