An inspiring journey lessened by overload of earnestness
Uncertainty, combined with an overload of earnestness, mars Lynn Ruane’s memoir – but its obvious warmth and compassion still show that Irish public life could indeed do with more people like her
Memoir: People Like Me, By Lynn Ruane, Gill Books, €16.95
When Lynn Ruane became pregnant at the age of 15, she decided to return to school and study for the Junior Cert. On her first day back, a female staff member told her: “You have wasted your life. You know that, don’t you?” She felt shocked, angry, deflated – and secretly terrified that the woman might be right.
As Ruane’s impressively honest but ...
