Everything you need to understand or teach We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas.
“We Are Not Ourselves” by Matthew Thomas is the story of Eileen Tumulty Leary. The tale begins when Eileen is ten-years-old. Her father, Big Mike, is a beer truck driver who picks her up after school or dance class every day. They don’t go directly home; rather, they go to his favorite haunt, Doherty’s Bar. Young Eileen sits off to the side and sits alone at a table doing...