Grappling with Ghosts
Childhood Memories from Postward Ireland and London
From birth in an Irish thatched cottage and time in a London orphanage Harvey traveled a rocky road to success writing for politicians and presidents. In this memoir, he recreates the daily struggles of life in postwar Ireland and bomb-shattered London. Ireland had scarcely emerged from the 19th century, while England still clung to an image of exceptionalism as Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, Churchill took his second bite at the prime ministerial apple, and the empire circled the drain.
