Tatty: Dublin One City, One Book edition
Tatty: Dublin One City, One Book edition
By Christine Dwyer Hickey
Published to huge acclaim, Christine Dwyer Hickey’s Tatty was hailed by the critics as a masterpiece, and went on to become a bestseller. With the brutal clarity and touching honesty of a child, Tatty tells the story of her alcoholic family. Now chosen as the Dublin One City One Book for 2020, we can look forward to events throughout 2020 celebrating the book.
B-format, paperback | 208pp | ISBN 9781848407619 | Release Date: February 2020
Christine Dwyer Hickey’s Tatty is a devastating yet hilarious depiction of a troubled Dublin family told in the vibrant, charismatic voice of the little girl lost within it. With brutal honesty, Tatty tells the story of her beloved but feckless dad, her tormented mam and her five siblings, including her sister with special needs. As she grows up, Tatty becomes ever more aware of the strange reality of her home life, and the damage wrought by alcohol on her family. First published in 2004, Tatty became a bestseller and is a modern Irish masterpiece that is tragic, funny and utterly unsentimental.