The Mammy

Seven kids. One dead husband called “Redser.” And not a chance that she’ll be defeated. Not by Sister Magdalene, her daughter’s tyrannical teacher. Not by the amorous overtures of the French proprietor of the local pizza parlour. Not by the medical crisis that threatens her best pal, Marion. Every morning at five, Agnes Browne leaves her tenement flat and sets up her produce stall on Moore Street, in the teeming heart of the Jarro – home to Dublin’s dealers, dockers, draymen, and those on the dole. But to the fatherless Browne brood, Agnes is more than a beloved mother and neighborhood character. She’s just about everything there is…