Tatty

Author: Hickey, Christine Dwyer

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 6 July 2006 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.

Hailed by the critics as a masterpiece, Tatty is a devastating, yet hilarious, depiction of a troubled Dublin family told through the lively, charismatic voice of a little girl.

With brutal honesty, Tatty tells the story of her life with her beloved, feckless Dad, her tormented Mam, her five siblings and the booze that brings them down. This not just an entertaining tale, but also a heartbreaking account of a disturbed childhood that makes for compulsive reading.