Mary McAleese ODGERS BERNDTSON NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, in association with THE BUSINESS POST 2020 – Shortlisted In this luminous memoir, Mary McAleese traces her life’s astonishing arc: from the tight streets of north Belfast, to a professorship in Dublin while still in her twenties, behind-the-scenes work on the peace process,. Mary McAleese was born in Belfast in 1951. In 1975 she was appointed Reid Professor of Law at Trinity College Dublin, and in 1987 she became Director of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's University Belfast. She was elected President of Ireland in 1997, and re-elected unopposed in 2004. The former Irish president Mary McAleese has been granted the artists’ tax exemption for her new autobiography, Here’s the Story. The book was top of the non-fiction bestseller chart last week. The tone of Mary McAleese’s contemplative and assertive memoir, ‘Here’s the Story’ is set with a warning on its opening page: ‘In a divided society the contest for hearts and minds begins with the recruitment of its children to intolerance of others’.

• Culture
• 03 Nov 20

Mary McAleese's Here's The Story: A Memoir is out now, via Penguin Ireland.

Here’s The Story tells the true rags-to -riches tale of the indomitable former Irish president who, during her inspirational political career, took on the paramilitaries and the patriarchy while interacting with Popes, the Paisleys and many more along the way.

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Tracing her life from the streets of North Belfast to her two triumphant terms as our Head Of State, McAleese’s autobiography is ultimately a book about ambition and hope.

As expected from a woman who spent decades kicking against the pricks, McAleese pulls no punches when it comes to detailing her encounters with everyone from prime ministers to priests. In particular, her insights into both the Northern Irish Peace Process and her part in it are nothing short of fascinating.

Thanks to McAleese’s warm and witty writing style, Here’s The Story is an immensely readable effort from that rarest of figures – a politician you actually like and admire.

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