Embarrassing one's children is a common enough flaw but Rory's
mother turns it into an art form. Grossly fat, combative,
sentimentally religious and with a passion for all things
secondhand, Kitty Keenan is a thorn in teenager Rory's side as he
tries to pass himself off as a hip young Londoner. Yet, as an adult
with a broken marriage behind him, Rory visits his parents' new
home in Ireland and, with the realization that Kitty is dying, the
two reach a new rapprochement. This is an altogether more
entertaining and lively novel than the subject suggests and a
flawless study of the mother-son bond. (Kirkus UK)
A funny and intensely moving portrait of childhood, death and a
man's relationship with his larger-than-life mother. This poignant,
witty, warm-hearted yet unsentimental novel charts the turbulent
relationship of a mother and son. As a young boy, Rory Keenan finds
his mother bewilderingly and embarrassingly eccentric as his
childhood is punctuated by hilarious, cringe-making episodes caused
entirely by her unpredictable behaviour and bizarre habits and
exploits. Kitty has a huge appetite - for food, for mysterious
imaginary illnesses and for strange hobbies. Her irrepressible,
opinionated nature ensures that she (and against his will, Rory
too) is the centre of any attention to be had. At the end of
Kitty's life, Rory, now a grown man, begins to come to terms with
his confused feelings for Kitty - he loves her devotedly, but
nevertheless her cussedness still infuriates him. As memories and
secrets from his family's stormy past in Ireland and London echo
through the tragedy of her final, very real illness we are given an
outstandingly vivid and compassionate vision of life, love and
death.
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