00:00Today I can finally tell you about a reading that changed 2026, one of the most beautiful readings of this year
00:05and if you like memoirs you absolutely have to catch up because it's a truly incredible story.
00:11Hour by Catriona O'Sullivan is that book that finally after a long time made me feel those emotions again
00:18that I look for in reading.
00:19I couldn't put it down from start to finish and the story really got under my skin.
00:26The author tells us about her life growing up in Ireland in a very problematic family marked by poverty,
00:33dependence and instability.
00:36It's one of those stories where fate practically seems already written.
00:39The central point of the story, however, is not his life but the social criticism he builds around it.
00:43it
00:44and it's a really honest and important reflection on privilege, poverty and all those stories that the system tells us
00:53tells about success.
00:55Catriona O'Sullivan explains to us that poverty is not simply the lack of money but it is a lack
01:00of values, of healthy relationships, of role models and of stability.
01:05And this changes and has a very big impact on what we think, what we dream and what we think.
01:11to deserve.
01:12And this is kind of the central point of the book.
01:14The system tells us that to get what we want we just have to work hard, but the reality is much more complex.
01:20Coming out of poverty and extremely dysfunctional families completely changes your starting conditions.
01:26People are exposed to much more stress, trauma and instability.
01:31So it's not just a question of individual will but it's a question of context.
01:36This story is worth it because it is not the story of someone who tells us if I made it they can
01:41we can all do it.
01:42Actually, it's quite the opposite, it's the story of a person who says I made it but that
01:48shows how difficult it really is to achieve.
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