Nuala O'Faolain was a waitress, sales clerk, and maid; a university lecturer; a TV producer; and a columnist with The Irish Times. The author of three consecutive New York Times bestsellers, her books include the memoir Almost There, a follow-up to Are You Somebody?, as well as three novels: Best Love, Rosie, My Dream of You and The Story of Chicago May. She died in Dublin in 2008.

'A remarkable memoir, poignant, truthful, imparting that quiet wisdom which suffering brings.'

Nuala O'Faolain was a waitress, sales clerk, and maid; a university lecturer; a TV producer; and a columnist with The Irish Times. The author of three consecutive New York Times bestsellers, her books include the memoir Almost There, a follow-up to Are You Somebody?, as well as three novels: Best Love, Rosie, My Dream of You and The Story of Chicago May. She died in Dublin in 2008.

'A remarkable memoir, poignant, truthful, imparting that quiet wisdom which suffering brings.'

Nuala O'Faolain was a waitress, sales clerk, and maid; a university lecturer; a TV producer; and a columnist with The Irish Times. The author of three consecutive New York Times bestsellers, her books include the memoir Almost There, a follow-up to Are You Somebody?, as well as three novels: Best Love, Rosie, My Dream of You and The Story of Chicago May. She died in Dublin in 2008.

'A remarkable memoir, poignant, truthful, imparting that quiet wisdom which suffering brings.'