The New York Times Book Review praised Brendan O'Carroll 's first novel, The Mammy , as Cheerful.
as unpretentious and satisfying as a home-cooked meal.
with a delicious dessert of an ending.
With the forthcoming second book in the trilogy, The Chisellers , and a movie about The Mammy (entitled Agnes Browne ) on the horizon, the world is discovering O'Carroll's uniquely Irish blend of warmth and grittiness, comedy and pathos, as he elevates the lives of ordinary working-class Dublin people--and one extraordinary family--into tales that are small in size but epic in emotion.
With the final installment, The Granny , our comedic and lovable heroine, Agnes Browne, has a French lover, six children in their twenties--including one in prison--and a wee grandchild of her own.
But the world is spinning fast for Agnes--especially considering that her lover wants her to become a sexual animal and that her family's far-flung fortune is beyond her control.
The members of the Browne family split up to make it in the world on their own until a tragedy brings the brood back together again--and love keeps them that way forever.
About the Author: Brendan O'Carroll , the youngest of eleven children, was born in Stonybatter, a North Dublin neighborhood, in 1955.
He is an acclaimed playwright and Ireland's most popular stand-up comedian.
The creator of a hugely successful Irish radio show, Mrs.
Browne's Boys (the genesis of his novels), O'Carroll is also an actor and has a role in the upcoming film version of Angela's Ashes .
All the books in his Mrs.
Browne trilogy were #1 bestsellers in his native Ireland.
He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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