She wants to go to sexy, exciting Montreal and be part of Expo 67, even if it means faking her way into the school choir. School is torture, with the nuns watching every move she makes. Maureen's dad, once gorgeously young, is now a beaten-down man who tells his best stories when he is drunk. There is no one like Maureen, the second youngest daughter of the Sarge, a mother so bitter, so angry about her fate that she bullies her children and her husband before anyone else has a chance to. In this brilliantly funny and poignant debut novel, actress, comedian and social activist Mary Walsh has created the unforgettable Maureen Brennan, a young woman coming of age in late 1960s St.
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