A Radiant Life presents the unequivocal voice of Nuala O'Faolain tackling a vast range of subjects—from Catholicism to Feminism—from Sinatra to Africa—and from Irish American Culture to Islam and the West. Curious and funny, tender and scathing, O'Faolain's columns were never less than trenchant and always passionate. Through the prism of casual, everyday encounters, O'Faolain presses her subject, reaching beyond the prompting of the moment to transcend topicality. The result is a cumulative historical narrative, an inadvertent chronicle of a transformed Ireland by one of its sharpest observers and canniest critics.
NUALA O'FAOLAIN was an Irish journalist, TV producer, and author. She became internationally well known for two volumes of memoir, Are You Somebody? and Almost There, and a novel, My Dream of You—all New York Times bestsellers. An award-winning producer for the BBC and Radio Telefís éireann, Nuala O'Faolain died in Dublin in 2008.
SHERIDAN HAY, an editor and novelist, is the author of The Secret of Lost Things.
FINTAN O'TOOLE, a columnist and drama critic for The Irish Times, is the author of many books, including Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger.
