Daughter of the Drunk at the Bar is the true story of a girl growing up in the eighties under the oppression of her father's alcoholism. Both tender and tough, she makes her way through childhood hiding what is going on in her family and cherishing the rare moments when nothing is wrong.

"Michelle O'Neil is a grand gorgeous HEARTBREAKING writer. You should go and buy this book, curl up with this book, fall in love with this girl writer, and shout her name from the rooftops." - Amy Ferris, author of Marrying George Clooney, Confessions of a Midlife Crises and co-editor of Dancing at the Shame Prom, sharing the stories that kept us small.