A funny debut in which an Irish family in which the son does not speak, the mother has a stroke, the granny talks enough for everyone and the daughter writes everything down. Comparable to Roddy Doyle and Mark Haddon For fans of Roddy Doyle and Marian Keyes, a heartwarming and funny debut of an Irish family, the Augustts, all bound together with love and language. There's a son who doesn't speak, a mother who has a stroke, a granny who talks enough for all of them and a daughter who is writing it all down.