Time to Talk: Stories from the heart of Ireland

Theres great power in talking, but theres greater power in laughing. Even the best doctor in the world would be hard pushed to find a treatment with better medicinal properties than a good laugh. This is why you cant beat the wit of real-life Irish stories and why I have filled this book with various incidents that occurred throughout my familys lives some humorous, some poignant, some heartbreaking but each one of them is the Gods honest truth. I hope the stories in this book will entertain you and distract you from your troubles for a bit. Michael Healy-Rae

The biggest regret of Michael Healy-Raes life was a time he didnt talk when somebody needed him the most. After that, he vowed to never stop talking, listening and trying to really hear what people were saying.

In his first book, which is neither political nor a memoir, Michael celebrates the power of talk to forge real human connections and sustain us. In a collection of true stories that are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant and sometimes heartbreaking, he follows in the tradition of the great Kerry storytellers with a collection that truly captures the heartbeat of rural Ireland.