A monthly book club in association with Roe River Books.

A remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive.

Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family.The children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

Our book club takes place in Roe River Books.  If you would like to source this or any book, contact your local county library or email info@roeriverbooks.ie and Tom will let you know if he can get it for you.

From time to time we host the book club online. Members are notified via email as to the location so don’t forget to register below for updates. If the book club is online, you will be provided with a Zoom link and password in advance. If you would like to source this or any book, contact your local county library or email info@roeriverbooks.ie and Tom will let you know if he can get it for you.