ReadingTheDots@social.vivaldi.net"I Will Be Good: A Dublin tenement girl's journey to freedom, by Peig McManus. My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Published in 2023.
Book description: 'Peig McManus was born into the last of Dublin's tenements before moving to one of Ireland's first social housing estates in Cabra. Her father believed that children should earn their keep and learn to face reality as soon as possible. That reality was poverty, class prejudice and strict Catholicism. This book is the story of a girl who rebelled against societal expectations and dreamed of further education. It tells of a young woman whose hopes of marriage to a Scottish sailor ended in the heartbreak of a daughter given up for adoption; of a mother who needed something more than her 'place at home'; and of a pioneering citizen who became one of Ireland's foremost campaigners for educational reform.