Evening group explores a boy’s mind in August

August 19, 2008 at 11:49 am (What we're reading)

The evening group will meet at my home on August 26th to discuss the Booker prize winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle.

This book is an interesting glimpse into the mind and thought processes of a 10 year old boy growing up in Dublin, Ireland. If ever there was a book that made me glad to be raising girls this is it. Paddy’s escapades and youthful foibles are illuminating and confusing at the same time. How hard it is to truly understand what is rolling around in the heads of boys!

While more of a book about childhood than of Ireland, it does offer some hint to the Irish family culture…but not enough for my tastes.