Description - Travels with My Harp by Mary O'Hara
*** One of the concert halls she performed in was the Sydney Opera House and a play based on her early life was written by John Misto and had a 13 week run in Sydney in 2004 and an 8 week run in Melbourne in 2006. Mary O'Hara won global acclaim as a singer and harpist. Her recordings sold by their millions and in her concerts and television shows audiences worldwide were thrilled by the warmth of her personality. Yet behind this public success lay a personal tragedy. Born in the west of Ireland and educated in a convent, she became a singing star at the age of 16. She fell in love with a young American poet Richard Selig but their marriage only lasted 15 montths before his tragic death. Overwhelmed by grief, Mary continued to sing while searching for a convent in which to live the remainder of her life in prayer and silence. She found the answer at the strict Bendictine monstery of Stanbrook in the West Midlands. 12 years later, spiritually enriched by weak in health, she emerged and restarted her career, winning even widere praise on her worldwide tours. She had her own season at the London Palladium, appeared on the Royal Variety Show, sang at all the major concert halls in the english-speaking world and made frequent guest appearances on television chat shows. Her television shows Minstrel of the Dawn and Mary O'Hara and Friends drew viewers by the millions. Pressed to tell her story, she wrote The Scent of the Roses, which quickly became a best seller. Five years later she remarried. Her retirement from the stage in 1994 led to a new life of undreamed of adventure and unexpected challenges when her husband's work took the couple first to Kenya and later Tanzania. The six years spent in Africa opened up a whole new world of rich, rewarding experiences such as her work with children born with AIDS. She also discovered a new talent and the book is illustrated with a few of her pencil drawings of some fo the Africans she met. For over half a century Mary O'Hara's voice has delighted audiences all over the world and her recordings continue to sell. Her story is an inspiring tale of triumph over tragedy, helped by her deep religious faith and many friendships, recounted with warmth and humour in this updated version of her autobiography.
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