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Born English. Raised Irish.
Growing Up English in an Irish Family in 1960s and ’70s London
What could possibly go wrong?
A warm, funny memoir of growing up in West Hampstead and Kilburn in a large Irish family, where London life, Catholic schooldays, family chaos and an ever-present Irish inheritance collided in ways that were confusing, embarrassing and, years later, irresistibly funny.
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“A wonderful memoir that stayed with me for a long time.”Sarah Williams · Sophie Hicks Agency, London
About the book
English with a little leprechaun inside
Chris Campbell grew up English, but there was never much doubt about the Irish part. His childhood unfolded in 1960s and ’70s London among a close, complicated Irish family, Catholic schools, colourful relatives, neighbourhood characters and the small adventures that loom so large when you are young.
Told with affection and humour, the memoir looks back on a boy trying to make sense of family, belonging and the oddities of the adults around him. Beneath the comedy is a story about identity: being born in England while carrying Ireland inside you, and only later understanding just how much those two worlds shaped the person you became.
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English on the outside. A little leprechaun on the inside.
Discover Chris Campbell’s memoir of family, identity and growing up in the London of the 1960s and ’70s.
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