With My Lazy Eye

By Julia Kelly

Book Overview

Lucy's father is an internationally renowned academic and her siblings are bright achievers, but Lucy is lazy, directionless and never quite manages to succeed. But when a family crisis forces her to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847247350
• ISBN13: 9781847247353
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Quercus
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 10.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Evocative and hilarious

This beautifully written novel/memoir is amazingly evocative of a middle-class childhood in the 70s in Dublin. I could practically feel the wide-wale brown corduroy and fake-leather elbow patches of my youth - and the author's - as I read it. Her use of language is mesmerising, especially in the early chapters; later on things become cringe-inducingly hilarious or bring a lump to the throat. It's not so much a see-what-happens-next narrative as a moment-to-moment journey through a girl's life, almost too clearly drawn for comfort.

Lovely Nostalgic Read

I read this book a year or two ago when it first came out and really enjoyed it. Having also grown up in Dublin in the 70s and 80s I thought it perfectly captured the time. I loved the way the author described Lucy's feeling of always being different to everyone else and of being one of a relatively big family all of whom she perceived as being better, brighter or more loved than herself. I thought her use of language was lovely and I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a satisfying and nostalgic read.