A Page from My Life: A Selection of Stories from Ray D'Arcy Show Listeners

‘We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing…to try to make us laugh, cry and think. We never imagined we would get the quantity and quality of entries that we did for A Page from My Life.’ – Ray D’Arcy

In the midst of the Covid crisis, the Ray D’Arcy Show invited RTÉ Radio 1 listeners to send in ‘A Page from My Life’: 500 words on a memorable event, or a story simply worth sharing. The response was overwhelming. Ray and his team were inundated with over 2,500 entries, from authors of all ages and all walks of life.

And what those entries created was an extraordinary picture of Irish life in microcosm. Funny and heart-breaking, poignant and surprising, they told a series of unforgettable stories…moments that changed everything, and where life itself seemed to hang in the balance. Quiet reflections on the meaning of love and loss. Hilarious tales of everyday mishaps, chance encounters, and feats of pure imagination. It was a timely reminder of the experiences and values that unite us, even as
circumstances contrived to keep us apart.

Introduced by the Ray D’Arcy Show judges – bestselling authors Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart), Emilie Pine (Notes to Self), Emer McLysaght (the Aisling series) and Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl) – A Page From My Life gathers 150 of these stories to form an exhilarating and moving testament to the wonder of everyday life.

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A Page from My Life: A Selection of Stories from Ray D'Arcy Show Listeners

‘We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing…to try to make us laugh, cry and think. We never imagined we would get the quantity and quality of entries that we did for A Page from My Life.’ – Ray D’Arcy

In the midst of the Covid crisis, the Ray D’Arcy Show invited RTÉ Radio 1 listeners to send in ‘A Page from My Life’: 500 words on a memorable event, or a story simply worth sharing. The response was overwhelming. Ray and his team were inundated with over 2,500 entries, from authors of all ages and all walks of life.

And what those entries created was an extraordinary picture of Irish life in microcosm. Funny and heart-breaking, poignant and surprising, they told a series of unforgettable stories…moments that changed everything, and where life itself seemed to hang in the balance. Quiet reflections on the meaning of love and loss. Hilarious tales of everyday mishaps, chance encounters, and feats of pure imagination. It was a timely reminder of the experiences and values that unite us, even as
circumstances contrived to keep us apart.

Introduced by the Ray D’Arcy Show judges – bestselling authors Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart), Emilie Pine (Notes to Self), Emer McLysaght (the Aisling series) and Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl) – A Page From My Life gathers 150 of these stories to form an exhilarating and moving testament to the wonder of everyday life.

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‘We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing…to try to make us laugh, cry and think. We never imagined we would get the quantity and quality of entries that we did for A Page from My Life.’ – Ray D’Arcy

In the midst of the Covid crisis, the Ray D’Arcy Show invited RTÉ Radio 1 listeners to send in ‘A Page from My Life’: 500 words on a memorable event, or a story simply worth sharing. The response was overwhelming. Ray and his team were inundated with over 2,500 entries, from authors of all ages and all walks of life.

And what those entries created was an extraordinary picture of Irish life in microcosm. Funny and heart-breaking, poignant and surprising, they told a series of unforgettable stories…moments that changed everything, and where life itself seemed to hang in the balance. Quiet reflections on the meaning of love and loss. Hilarious tales of everyday mishaps, chance encounters, and feats of pure imagination. It was a timely reminder of the experiences and values that unite us, even as
circumstances contrived to keep us apart.

Introduced by the Ray D’Arcy Show judges – bestselling authors Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart), Emilie Pine (Notes to Self), Emer McLysaght (the Aisling series) and Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl) – A Page From My Life gathers 150 of these stories to form an exhilarating and moving testament to the wonder of everyday life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780008447939
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/29/2020
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 858 KB

About the Author

Broadcaster Ray D'Arcy hosts a live radio show on RTÉ Radio 1, featuring listeners'
stories and interviews with authors, musicians, comedians and celebrities. A household name, he has been on air and on screen since the 1980s.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ray D'Arcy xiii

The LauraLynn Story Jane McKenna xv

A Word from the Judges:

Eoin Colfer xix

Emer McLysaght xx

Emilie Pine xxi

Donal Ryan xxii

Life

Carrying the Tree Aoife Mhic Mhathúna 3

Victoria and Tracey Daniel Collum 5

Not for Moving Al Mulcahy 7

First Date Anonymous 9

Outburst Olivia Coogan 11

Victim of Circumstance Joey Stenson 13

The Clinic Visit Susan Carry 15

A Red-letter Day for the Red Rabbit Kate Murphy 17

Making My Mark Louise McCarthy 19

LaMonte Armstrong Alicia Hayes 21

I Had Never Seen My Mother Run Siobhan Flynn 24

The Line Catherine Burke 27

Not All Superheroes Wear Capes Enda McEvoy 29

Photo John Geoghegan 32

Ticking the Boxes Timara Lawless 35

Snake Stopover Margaret Flanagan 38

Far from Home Claire Lynch 40

Some Days Are Made for Bovril Lisa Howley 42

Ribena with Ryan Hollie Hannon 44

Belonging Maura Brosnan 47

Silent Phones Nuala Smith 50

Freefall Aisling Carmody 53

Happy on the Fence Eman Ahmed 55

Holy-head Aisling Cullen 57

From the Pier at Portmagee Michelle Walsh 59

Like Many Others Philip Ormond 61

Zoom Orna Sherry 63

Laughter

Darby's Daughter Declan O'Connell 67

Christmas Cheer Catherine Lahiff 70

What Else Could It Eat? Claire Walsh 72

Circle of Life Seán Larney 74

Kissing Cousins Eddie Kelliher 76

I Think I'll Write for the Fox Bernadette Carroll 78

No Michael Nouri Áine Ring 80

The Aldi Excursion Damien B. Donnelly 82

The Day the Lotto Was Won and Lost Verena Cunningham 84

The Opener Gary Martin 86

The Gherkin Episode Paul Keogh 88

Poultry-geist Helen Kelly 90

A Wee Problem Jim Gray 92

Franny Donna Marie Woods 95

When the Chips Are Down Rosaleen Dalton 97

Yes, Drill Sergeant Nuala McGarry 99

Superwoman Learns a Listening Lesson Anne Davey 101

The Snail Mary Kilkenny 103

The Day I Learned to Drive Patrick Lee 105

In the Spotlight Eileen Eagers 107

A Rush to Judgement Joan Grennan 109

What Moves You Michelle Ní Shiúrdain 111

My Own Personal Gag Reel Irene Falvey 114

Lockdown

Feck the Bees Noelene Nash 119

Rhythm Fiona Ferguson 121

Maria David Ralph 123

Repetition Ferdia Ó Cairbre 126

Mr Das Gupta's Studio Ursula Murphy 128

Table Manners John McGonigle 130

Shared Determination Ciara Ebbs 132

Them Eating the Bats Jo Anne Sexton 134

The Black Hole Emma Persson 136

State of Happiness Eileen Lennon 138

Poker Face Emma Burke 140

Haul-out Niamh McAnally 143

The Covid Years Ruth O'Connell 145

Today in D4 Laura Payne 147

Falling for the New Housemate Caroline Nolan 150

Temporary Peace Sass O'Flynn 153

Running Sophie Smith 155

The Sound of You Aoife Power 157

Artie Niamh Linehan 159

Chewing Pandemic Food Padraig Doyle 161

The Prayer Book and Me Patricia Byrne 163

Love

Imperial Leather Donald McCann 167

Latter-day Mischief Shelly Power 169

Paris a besoin des bébés Vivien Hennessy 172

Capturing the View Maolíosa Ní Léannacháin 174

Hawaii Róisín Conroy Keegan 176

Toast for Breakfast Aoife Read 178

Echo Ger Creed 180

Standing Tall Patricia Kinch Underwood 183

Keeping in Touch Frances Harney 185

The Excuse Ann Battersby 187

If Only They Knew! Sinéad Ní Thréanláimh 189

She Kate Durrant 191

Brave Meghan Elizabeth 194

Mothers Doing Time Josephine Harhen 196

Kangaroo Care Gail Cashin 198

Neiler Christina Melia 200

Two Things Eoin Pól Ó Rúis 202

Ladies' Day Marie Gilmore 204

The Day Before U2 Day Lynda Clifford 206

One-quarter Full Jean Harrison 208

Unconditional Love Grace Fitzgerald 211

A Man of the World Anyta Freeman 213

The T-shirt with the Good Neckline Vivienne Mulready 215

Departure Amanda Nolan 217

2-in-1 Samantha Long 219

Little Ones

The Find Pearl Shelly 223

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Eleanor Hooker 226

Admiration Elaine Wilbur 229

Toronto to Belfast, 1981 Ciara Colhoun 231

Biro Tattoo Michael G. Snee 233

The Little Blue Bicycle Anyta Freeman 235

Me and the Exotic Irishman Tina McCormack 237

1965 Rosemarie Campbell 239

A Letter to My Parents Breda Daly 241

The Rope Swing Ruby Aron 243

Coming Events Cast Their Shadow Mary Flynn 245

Johnny Patsy Lee 247

Summertime Maela Ní Choistealbha 249

Visiting Auntie Cissie Jean Farrell 251

A Father's Torment Ken Gibson 253

The Long-awaited Speedy Arrival Maria Jordan-O'Reilly 255

King of All the Das John Lynch 257

Web of Life Hugh Derek Flannery 259

The Egg Dish (Menemen) Theresa McKenna 261

Picking Stones on a Big Day Geraldine Hanley 264

The Young Reader Anne Stanley 266

The Day I Met My Angels Bernice Callaghan 268

Seeing Red Maggie Burns 270

My Elvis Impersonation David Halpin 272

The Parcel Rebecca Bartlett 274

Beginnings Cian Dunne 276

Loss

My Brave Face Helena Joyce 281

Training Susan Boyle 283

Sorry Loss Phoebe Baxter 285

Mark Twain Bent Pipe Sandra Behan 287

Expectations Kate Durrant 290

The Rollercoaster Marie Nicholson 292

Fairy Godmother Fredelle Keogh Campion 294

Moyne Road Caroline Heffernan 296

Movement Sarah Fitzgerald 299

A Beginner's Guide to Onions Gil Fournier 301

Breakfast with the Robin Brian Ó Tiomáin 303

Death by Memory Jen Hannon 306

Wail Máiréad Ní Chiarba 309

Right Here Lesley-Ann Whelan 311

Today I Know for Certain Jean McGearailt 313

The Day Aisling Mooney 315

Leaving Me Gabrielle Wolfe 317

The Night Shift Laura Lynch 320

The Short Trip Home Elaine De Courcy 323

The Dreaded Day Susan McGovern 325

A Familiar Sound Alannah Dawson 327

Mother's Day Maggie Lyng 329

A Little Chat Joanne Burke 332

In Memory Áine Durkin 334

Don't Ask Aoife Chaomhanach 336

Reflection Audrey Hannigan 338

Acknowledgements 341

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