When will my order arrive? “If you’re caught for personal use my feeling would be that you wouldn’t be incarcerated from that, decriminalise the human being and not the drug. Learn more. Gaelic Football star McMahon lost his brother, John, to heroin in 2012. Philly McMahon is a mainstay of the current All-Ireland winning Dublin football team.
Does this book contain inappropriate content? He played Interprovincial Championship Football for Leinster and won 2 Dublin Under 21 Football Championships with Ballymun. US$17.95, US$10.33 US$24.20, US$14.75 McMahon has been tapped up by the occasional politico looking for him to sell his message through politics but says he would only do it if he thought it was a more efficient way of getting his message across than his Half-Time Talk charity. The book leads the reader on a journey through the various stages of bereavement and offers insights and practical advice on coping with grief. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. US$14.99, US$12.48
Available. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2018, Philly tells his story of growing up in disadvantaged Ballymun where diffusee was the usual past time for growing teenagers...but Philly was steered through adolescence by his mentors at ballymum kickhams to all Ireland senior success with Dublin. US$25.49, US$26.93 Would recommend it to anyone whether they are in to sports or not, what an amazing story, told with such candor and empathy, Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018. Please subscribe to sign in to comment. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? When you have reset your password, you can, Please choose a screen name. Philly McMahon is on Facebook. McMahon has a platform because of what he’s done on a football pitch and you can only admire his desire to use it for good, especially in an area that polite Ireland would be far more comfortable ignoring. [5], In 2017 Dublin were narrowly defeated in the National League final by Kerry by a single point. One of the best books I've read in some time. BGE Irish Sports Book of the Year and eir Sports Book of the Year. He was a key performer in Dublin’s defeat of Mayo. The P.R.I.M.E.R. US$19.95, US$28.52 US$15.99, US$14.81 Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018, Whatever about football never forgot his roots which is a lesson to any youngster in sport. temperatures of 7oF, a piercing east wind reaching 60 to 70 m.p.h., five major blizzards, and snowdrifts of 12 to 20 feet. When John was growing up, an ecstasy tablet would have been €10, now it’s cheaper than a Mars bar.”, The Choice by Philly McMahon and Niall Kelly (Gill Books, €14.99) is out now, Monday – Sunday, September 28th – October 4th.
Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. The book also won the Sports Book of the Year award at the 2017 Irish Book Awards. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2017. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Unable to add item to List. It’s similar to what John had. “I’m only a really small fish in the pond. US$34.95, US$21.39 Please enter your email address so we can send you a link to reset your password. “But I thought I had grieved by working.
Raw, vivid and intensely moving, The Choice is many things – an epic story of triumph in the face of adversity and loss, a family saga, a tribute to the redemptive power of sport – but above all it’s a stirring meditation on the roles compassion and resilience can play in shaping our lives, and those around us, for the better. US$18.95, US$13.40 Since losing his brother, John, Philly has become an outspoken advocate for numerous addiction and mental health initiatives. Keep Updated. In The Choice Dubs star Philly McMahon shares the deeply personal story of his brother, John, a heroin addict who died at the age of 31. Please try again","bd_saving_percent_off":"{0}%
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BGE Irish Sports Book of the Year and eir Sports Book of the Year In The Choice Dubs star Philly McMahon shares the deeply personal story of his brother, John, a heroin addict who died at the age of 31. [1][2] He was named on the 2010 GPA Gaelic Team of the Year. US$12.73, US$11.96 Philly McMahon at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin on Tuesday after ‘The Choice’, written with Niall Kelly, was named Eir Sports Book of the Year. McMahon won the 2008 O'Byrne Cup with Dublin, defeating Longford in the final.