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Doreena Molloy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
128 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

Modern day life just throws so much at you.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

So it's a gorgeous read.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

And then when we find out that it's actually based on the author's own experience of a brain injury.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

Now, he was older.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

He was married with children.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

But he said that all the symptoms and everything he describes in the book are mirrored on his own experience.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

And he is the son of the author, Helen, the late author, Helen Dunmore.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

And it's a beautiful tribute to his mum in that two of the characters in the book are named after two of her characters, which I thought was a really lovely touch.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

It's a gorgeous book.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

And I just felt like I should have been reading it by candlelight or by torchlight.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

It just felt that way.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

But it was gorgeous.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

Yes, I thought so.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

I thought it was a beautiful book.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

It's written by Cariad Lloyd and it's illustrated by Tom Percival, who he writes his own books on feelings and emotions and they're wonderful.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

So it's a gorgeous picture book.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

It's a little girl who loves asking questions and her grandma knows everything and can usually help her find the answers.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

But grandma hasn't been very well.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

And then mum says she's no longer with us.

Today with David McCullagh
Book recommendations with the Librarians

So for this little girl, the big question is, where did grandma go?