Publisher's Synopsis
In the time-honored tradition of the Irish shanachie, The Journals of Willum O'Dell chronicles the life of Irish-American Willum O'Dell, as told through six novels. Altogether a touching tale of humor and happiness spiked with occasional pain and sorrow, the series delves deeply into Willum's life and thoroughly explores the circumstances that shape his character, spirit, and gritty nature over the course of sixty years.
The first installment in the Willum O'Dell series, Give the People What They Want, carries readers to 1954 to find Willum as a tenacious toddler. Adopted at birth by an Irish-Catholic family, three-year-old Willum is tasked to select a baby brother from the orphanage, and, as his family expands, so do his horizons.
Over the next ten years, Willum is continually influenced by the people, places, and things around him-from his playful pursuits with his baby brother and hero worship of his Irish grandfather, to growing up during the era of Camelot, living in an industrial city, and beyond. Cleverly recounting Willum's thoughts and experiences in his own words, it draws you into his world, and sets the stage for more adventures to come.
