James Harvey:  Sitemap  From time as a child in an orphanage to writing speeches for presidents, James Harvey travelled a rocky road to live out the American dream. In this memoir of his childhood, Harvey recreates the daily struggles of life in post-war rural Ireland and bomb-shattered London. This engrossing memoir grounds the struggles of the Harveys in both Irish history and British snobbery as the family fought for a place in the world. It takes the reader on a journey from the serenity of life in a rural thatched cottage ... through alcohol-fueled domestic violence in London's Kilburn area ... to the anguish o more... Biography, Contact Author, Books · Grappling With Ghosts: Childhood Memories from Postwar Ireland and London James Harvey, click here to update your web pages on AuthorsDen.