The
New York Times
-bestselling memoirist recounts his journey from alcoholism to loving family man-"A surprisingly tender McCourt disarms the reader with his openness and dexterous touch in this winning sequel to
A Monk Swimming
" (
Publishers Weekly
).
"McCourt offers closure and glimpses of victory over his past and the battle. . . . But most delightful of all, he recounts his recovery in his own lighthearted way, always seeing the jest in his follies." -
Miami Herald
Malachy McCourt shares the extraordinary story of how he went from living the headlong and heedless life of a world-class drunk to becoming a sober, loving father and grandfather, still happily married after thirty-five years.
Bawdy and funny, naked and moving, told in the same inimitable voice that left readers all over the world wondering what happened next in
A Monk Swimming, Singing My Him Song is "told with the frankness and honesty for which McCourt has become renowned"
(New York Daily News).
"[McCourt] writes movingly about his family, and is open about how his alcoholism devastated them." -
New York Times
"
Singing My Him Song
makes it clear that no one understands the value of laughter better than Malachy McCourt." -
Irish America Magazine