Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he died. (Colm Tóibín)

Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved very slowly, and then he died.

Colm Tóibín

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