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    The Meaning of Life 2 – More Lives, More Meaning with Gay Byrne: 20 Famous People Reflect on Life’s Big Questions
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    The Meaning of Life 2 – More Lives, More Meaning with Gay Byrne: 20 Famous People Reflect on Life’s Big Questions

    By Gay Byrne

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    More big questions – and more interesting answers – from Gay Byrne’s hugely popular RTÉ TV show

    We all look for meaning in our lives and here twenty well-known public figures share what gives their lives meaning, prompting us to ponder the question ourselves and perhaps even find some answers.

    Following last year’s bestselling The Meaning of Life, Gay Byrne is back with more insightful discussions on the big themes that bind us all: childhood, love, faith, disbelief, morality, religion, grief.

    Based on his popular and long-running RTÉ TV show, The Meaning of Life 2 explores life’s big questions with an array of fascinating public figures, among them Ronan Keating, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Ian Paisley and Imelda May.

    With Peter McVerry he ponders whether life is shaped by accidents or by the way people respond to accidents. Mary Robinson reveals the beliefs and values that fuel her formidable moral engine. Eamon Dunphy’s early experiences led him to believe that ‘everyone is magnificent in their own way’, and Edna O’Brien discusses her struggles with the Catholic Church after the infamous banning of The Country Girls.

    ’There are many pearls of wisdom to be harvested from the human oysters featured here who share with me the beliefs, values, thoughts and experiences that have shaped, or been shaped by, their lives.’
    Gay Byrne

    The Meaning of Life 2: Table of Contents
      Preface by Gay Byrne
    1. Imelda May
    2. Peter McVerry
    3. Mary Robinson
    4. Brian Cody
    5. Ian Paisley
    6. J. P. Donleavy
    7. Emily O’Reilly
    8. John Lonergan
    9. Ronan Keating
    10. Maureen Gaffney
    11. Sean O’Sullivan
    12. Christina Noble
    13. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
    14. Fionnula Flanagan
    15. Colm Tóibín
    16. Mary Byrne
    17. Colm Wilkinson
    18. Celine Byrne
    19. Edna O’Brien
    20. Eamon Dunphy

    For each book sold, a donation will be made to The Peter McVerry Trust and The Christina Noble Children’s Foundation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGill Books
    Release dateOct 10, 2014
    ISBN9780717164905
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    The Meaning of Life 2 – More Lives, More Meaning with Gay Byrne: 20 Famous People Reflect on Life’s Big Questions
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    Gay Byrne

    Gay Byrne is a veteran presenter of radio and television. Described by the Irish Times as “unquestionably the most influential radio and television man in the history of the Irish State”, he continues in his “retirement” to be a much loved Irish broadcaster. His most notable role was as the first host of RTÉ’s The Late Late Show over a 37-year period, from1962 until 1999. He has presented the television series The Meaning of Life since 2009 and also continues to present a regular radio show on Sunday afternoons, on Lyric FM.

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