I really enjoyed this audiobook, read by the author. I did have to slow down (I usually listen on 1.8x for fiction audio), had to do 1.25x given his Irish accent. At times his voice was a bit flat for me, I would have liked a little more variation in his vocal tone. I really enjoyed his stories of him and his numerous siblings after their mother died. Sad and then funny at times.

I've been looking forward to this book for a while and was so excited when NetGalley offered it this month as an Advanced Listening Copy. I was also excited to see that the author himself narrated the audiobook.

Sometimes an audiobook narrator's voice is perfect, but their pitch does not translate well to listeners. Maybe their voice is too high, or their "S"es are too sharp. In this case, O'Reilly's vocal pitch was too low, and it was hard to hear his writing even with the volume turned up, especially while listening in a car.

I will probably reread this memoir in print and give it the five stars it deserves. The parts I did hear were tender, humorous, and in complete adoration of his widowered dad.