{"product_id":"mary-mcaleese-heres-the-story-2020-hardback","title":"Mary Mcaleese: Here's the Story [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking two-term President of Ireland tells the stories of her life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a young Mary McAleese told a priest that she planned to become a lawyer, the priest dismissed the idea: she knew no one in the law, and she was female. The reality of what she went on to achieve - despite those obstacles, and despite a sectarian attack that forced her family to flee their home - is even more improbable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this luminous memoir, Mary McAleese traces that astonishing arc: from the tight streets of north Belfast, to a professorship in Dublin while still in her twenties, behind-the-scenes work on the peace process, and two triumphant terms as President of Ireland. She writes of her encounters with prime ministers, popes and royalty with the same easy candour and intimacy with which she describes her childhood. And her account of the latest act in her remarkable career - quietly pursuing a doctorate, and loudly opposing the misogyny of the Catholic Church - is inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere's the Story \u003c\/i\u003eis warm, witty, often surprising and relentlessly fascinating: an extraordinarily intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable public figures of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating story and well worth the read' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Riveting\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eA fiercely urgent reminder to the world - and the Government - that peace must never be sacrificed for politics\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Excellent'\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Cooper,\u003ci\u003e Irish Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtful, entertaining and often enlightening - one of the few memoirs by a senior Irish office-holder that's actually worth reading'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was enthralled and absorbed by this memoir' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What an incredible life lived by an outstanding role model.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eI ate this book up' \u003c\/b\u003eSinead Moriarty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of conviction and isn't afraid of plain speaking ... Priests, popes, paramilitaries and Ian Paisley are all held to account'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e[A] chatty, provocative and embraceable biography' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRTE Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling ... Displays many of the qualities that made her such a popular president' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusiness Post    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mcaleese, Mary","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49987525378387,"sku":"9781844884704","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47949587349843,"sku":"XG81844884704","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":51584330596691,"sku":"XE81844884704","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47995462615379,"sku":"XV81844884704","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mcaleese-mary-mary-mcaleese-here-s-the-story-2020-hardback-60505003589971.jpg?v=1754579088","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/mary-mcaleese-heres-the-story-2020-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}