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03524aam a2200493 i 4500 001 DCCBE7D68F3211E9BDA5283B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190615010020 008 181220t20192019nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2018060865 020 $a 0525538658 020 $a 9780525538653 035 $a (OCoLC)1047653204 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CMI $d JAS $d HHO $d YDX $d TCH $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ie--- $a e-ie--- 050 00 $a E184.I6 $b D635 2019 082 00 $a 305.8916/2073 $2 23 100 1 $a Dougherty, Michael Brendan, $e author. 245 10 $a My father left me Ireland : $b an American son's search for home / $c Michael Brendan Dougherty. 264 1 $a [New York, NY] : $b Sentinel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, $c [2019] 300 $a xiii, 223 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Place of publication from publisher's website. 505 0 $a Only child, single mother -- Putting childish things away -- Who made me -- Marooned by history -- Rebel songs as lullabyes -- Father tongue -- Reconciliation. 520 $a "National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty delivers a mediation on belonging, fatherhood, and nationalism, through a series of letters to his estranged Irish father. The child of an Irish man and an Irish-American woman who split up soon after he was born, Michael Brendan Dougherty grew up with an acute sense of absence. He loved his mother but longed for his father, who only occasionally returned from Ireland for visits. He was happy enough in America, but desperately wanted the sense of cultural belonging that his Irish half-siblings seemed to enjoy. When his first child was born, Dougherty knew he wanted to give her that kind of solid connection to her heritage. Aware that he was becoming a clicheÌ--the Irish-American who wants to be more Irish than the Irish--he began to study Gaelic. He buried himself in Irish history and learned old songs to sing to his daughter. Most significantly, he began writing letters to his father about what he remembered, what he missed, and what he longed for, realizing along the way that his longings were shared by many of his generation. These letters would become this book. Many Americans today, of all backgrounds, lack a clear sense of cultural heritage or even a vocabulary for expressing this lack. And as the national conversation about identity becomes increasingly polarized, people tend to avoid talking about their roots altogether. In these deeply felt and fascinating letters, Dougherty offers a new way for all of us to think about who we are, where we came from, and where we're going."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Dougherty, Michael Brendan. 650 0 $a Irish Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a Irish Americans $x Ethnic identity. 650 0 $a Children of single parents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Father and child. 650 0 $a Irish Americans $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Irish language $x Study and teaching $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Acculturation. 650 0 $a Nationalism $z Ireland. 651 0 $a Ireland $x Civilization. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012747.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204094741.0 952 $l YWPD162 $d 20200114015756.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110081148.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190615010148.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCCBE7D68F3211E9BDA5283B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search