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Trouble

A Memoir

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Trouble

By: Marise Gaughan
Narrated by: Marise Gaughan
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About this listen

Marise was nine when she first realised there was trouble, 14 when her dad tried to end it all, and 23 when he finally succeeded.

In a turmoil of conflicting emotions, Marise runs - from Dublin to Amsterdam to Los Angeles, leaving a trail of sex and self-destruction in her wake. Until finally, she finds herself facing what she's become in a California psych ward, a girl imploding through trying to make sense of her father's suicide.

As she retells her unravelling, from child to adult, Marise strips back her identity and her relationship with her father, layer by layer, until she starts to understand how to live with him, years after he has gone.

Written beautifully, with wit and unflinching honesty, Marise has produced one of the most profound coming-of-age memoirs of recent years, a stunning new voice in Irish writing.

©2022 Marise Gaughan (P)2022 Octopus Publishing Group Grief & Loss Personal Development Relationships Memoir

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Marise pours out her soul in all its vivid colours and dark dark detail.
I bought the book after a reading a review in Irish independent. Not my usual read as a mid 40’s man but it gave me a glimpse into a world that I could not imagine exists. I did not know how cruel the world could be or how cruel we could make our world. Glad I read it but a little shocked that life can be like this.
I guess it puts my “rough times” in perspective
Thanks for writing it
Michael

Unexpectedly dark but brilliantly written and narrated

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A brilliant and blistering story of what happens after someone close to you takes their own life. And then how that fits in with growing up, alcoholism,family, love and mental ill health. I've never quite read anything as honest as this.

Searingly honest

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A triumph in writing for and a must-read those who feel disillusioned but angry they do. Gaughan’s lucidity about her mental struggles is a challenge to bear and yet you can’t help but want to hear more, help her, have fun with her, join her in sadness, laugh with her or yell at her. You’ll cry tears of all kinds, you’ll care, you’ll remember a question posed or musing contemplated while just doing other stuff throughout the day, and that’s what makes a great book!

Moving, funny, honest and harrowing

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This book is highly addictive. I literally couldn't stop listening. A bananas wild story told and narrated fantastically.

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Marise's memoir is raw, honest and gripping all the way through. She does an amazing job at showing the effect trauma has on us all the while being very entertaining.

An excellent read

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