Ma, He Sold Me For A Few Cigarettes Av Martha Long

<p>Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start.<br><br>As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. But just when it seems things can''t get any worse, her mother meets Jackser.<br><br>Despite her trials, Martha is a child with an irrepressible spirit and a wit beyond her years. She tells the story of her early life without an ounce of self-pity and manages to recreate a lost era in which the shadow of the Catholic Church loomed large and if you didn''t work, you didn''t eat.<br><br>Martha never stops believing she is worth more than the hand she has been dealt, and her remarkable voice will remain with you long after you''ve finished the last line.</p>