You do have some very serious unresolved issues, don't you? I'd recommend therapy. You clearly need it.

Cecilia Costello was English born and bred, though her parents were Irish. Her songs were a mix of things she learned from her father and things she'd picked up here.

Most of the posts in this thread have nothing whatever to do with the book, and most of the people who have felt moved to add their tuppenyworth have obviously not seen it. I've seen it, and (though I have some reservations about some of the introductory material) it's pretty good, and very well produced.

One of the people who produced it said to me (about this thread), 'Why are all these people pontificating about a book they haven't even seen?

They are compulsive posters, I replied. They have nothing to say, but they say it anyway; presumably because they have an over-inflated sense of their own importance.

If anyone has actually seen the book and has comments to make about it, then that might be helpful. Those of you who haven't might perhaps, for once in your lives, do well to hold your tongues until you know what you are talking about.