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Intoxicated by Life|Paul V. O'Leary

Intoxicated by Life : A Memoir of a Dysfunctional Irish-American Family

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Overview

A family's legacy crumbles in the face of addiction in Paul V. O'Leary's emotional new memoir, Intoxicated by Life.

Jack O'Leary, a first-generation Irish American born to a mother who worked cleaning the houses of the rich, is determined to make it to the top.

A talented and ambitious man, Jack met his match in Mary, a stunning, younger woman who wants nothing more than to escape her working-class origins.

Together, the two begin a life that is quickly marred by tragedy-the loss of three parents and one child in the first four years of their marriage.

The seed of estrangement planted, the couple puts on a brave face-with decades of material success and good times coming their way.

Jack climbs the ladder of the business world and becomes president of a bank. Propelled into the social and financial elite, Jack and Mary embrace their new life of business travel, parties, new cars, country clubs, and Ivy League educations for their children.

But a secret addiction slowly eats away at the O'Leary family-one that will ultimately destroy everything, and everyone, they hold dear.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781499528541
  • ISBN-10: 149952854X
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: August 2014
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.74 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
  • Page Count: 358

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