A Memoir by Sharkey
THE BACKTABLE
The distance between the life a man performs and the one he's actually living.
About the Book
The Back Table is the story of a life built in two ledgers: the public one that worked, and the private one that didn't. From Arklow, Ireland, to Los Angeles, Sharkey traces decades of emigration, ambition, and addiction — and the performance that held it all together until it couldn't.
This is not a recovery memoir. It's a reckoning — with Ireland, with America, with family, and with the secrets a life can accumulate before someone finally puts the ledger on the table.
The back table is where you sit when you're not ready to be seen. This book is what happened when he stood up.
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