{"product_id":"miriam-life-work-everything","title":"Miriam\t\t\t\t\tLife, Work, Everything","description":"THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER\r\n\r\nShortlisted for Biography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2025\r\n\r\n'Hugely uplifting. My mood was completely altered in a really lovely way by it. She is remarkable - really relatable and really kind. I would recommend this very much' Marian Keyes\r\n\r\n'Beautiful … fascinating insights … authentic and open' Her.ie\r\n\r\n'This book is great' Patrick Kielty, The Late Late Show\r\n\r\n'Fast-paced and enjoyable' Irish Times\r\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nThe fascinating new memoir from one of Ireland's most celebrated and singular broadcasters\r\n\r\nI started writing this book as an exclusively work memoir but the work and the personal kept overlapping. I don't know if that's because I'm a woman or a mother or both, or none of those reasons. I just know that for my story to be authentic and truthful, I couldn't simply focus on the work side of my life.\n\n\r\nMiriam O'Callaghan is one of Ireland's best-known broadcasters, covering every election, referendum, major controversy and important public event for TV, and hosting an award-winning radio show. Combining career success, high-octane glamour and being a mother-of-eight makes her a truly unique figure in Irish public life.\r\n\r\nIn her absorbing memoir, Miriam shares touching stories from her personal life - from the life-changing impact of losing her beloved sister and father in a matter of months, and the end of her first marriage that same year, to the joys and challenges of bringing eight children into the world and juggling a frenetically busy life ('give up on perfection' is her wise advice!).\r\n\r\nMiriam includes fascinating insights into a career that has given her a ringside seat to a changing Ireland. Like attending Bobby Sands' wake even before she was a journalist, and life coming full circle when she championed John Hume to be declared the greatest figure in Irish history. She describes extraordinary debates, important and heart-breaking conversations with people in the eye of a media storm, and how she goes after and prepares for the big interviews - as well as what happens when things go wrong. Miriam also addresses the recent RTÉ controversies that cast a shadow over its high-profile presenters, not least herself.\r\n\r\nMiriam is an exceptionally honest and personal memoir from one of Ireland's most esteemed broadcasters\r\n\r\n'Candid and intimate' Irish Independent\r\n","brand":"Miriam O\u0026#39;Callaghan","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Books Ltd \/ 30 Oct 2025 \/ 382","offer_id":53834582262101,"sku":"9781844886722","price":3.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9781844886722.webp?v=1778053563","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/miriam-life-work-everything","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}