My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story [Paperback]

Philomena Lynott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

The story of Phil Lynott as told by his mother. It is also her story, from the days as a single mother bringing up a young black child in Manchester and Dublin, through the heady success of Thin Lizzy, to the tragic chain of events which ended her son's life and plunged her into depression.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: London Bridge (Mm) (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753500485
• ISBN-13: 978-0753500484
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An amazing story about an amazing man, May 23, 2002

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"peevedgod" (Madison, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story (Paperback)

My Boy is the story of Philip Lynott as told by the mother who brought him into the world and who was at his side during the final days of his life.

But it is also Philomena Lynott's own story, from the difficult days as a single mother struggling to bring up a young black child in Manchester and Dublin, through the heady success of Thin Lizzy, to the tragic chain of events which ended her son's life and plunged her into a fierce depression from which she only slowly recovered.

Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs from the Lynott family albums, My Boy is an intimate portrait of one of Ireland's greatest rock stars. It is, by turns, moving, celebratory and painful - but always fiercely honest.

Bravely, My Boy goes beyond any clichéd tale of sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll. The story of Philip and Philomena Lynott was much more than that. Because, in the end, My Boy is a love story like no other.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Mother's Story, August 27, 2003

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Gearoid Fogarty "instrumann" (CLONMEL, Tipperary Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story (Paperback)

My Boy is Philomena Lynott's personal account of the life and death of her only child- legendary rocker Phil Lynott.
Aside from being a story about triumph, Phil's rise from being an illigitimate black boy in catholic Dublin during the 1950's to being leader of the world renowned rock band Thin Lizzy, it is also an account of a mother's love for, and tragic loss of, her only child.
Philomena Lynott wrote this book as if she were speaking to you personally, giving an honest, bones and all, account of her son's life.
Her account of his death through heroine addiction is one of the most poignant and heart wrenching stories I have ever read.
The book leaves one with the mixed emotions of joy and sadness but I would thoroughly recommend this book to any music fan.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Biased but truthful, July 28, 2004

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Martin Mulcahey - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Boy: The Philip Lynott Story (Paperback)

Great read, great photos, unbelievable story! I have been hooked on Thin Lizzy (and this Phil Lynott) since I picked up their greatest hit tape in Spain on a lark, so this is a biased review. Having said that, I can not see how a better book can ever be published on Phil. Consider the source..., his mother. That is not to say she goes easy on her son, his considerable vices are not ignored. But they are not played up to sell books either. This book gives Lynott & Lizzy fans real insight on Phil and how his personality and character developed. A great read, which I hear is being turned into a movie.