The reader's passport to an Irish boyhood in a less frantic, more adventurous age, reliving a time of skinned knees and home-made go-karts, clean dirt, Saturday night baths and the kind of sweets that'd nearly cost you your teeth, back when it always seemed to snow at Christmas, the summers were long and golden and friendships were forever.

“I’m a Big Boy Now tumbles us happily head over heels into Eamon O’Leary’s anthology of short stories – a collection high in energy and humour and one which is incisively, consistently funny. This engaging collection of stories focuses on the adventures – and sometimes the trials – of a young lad growing up in the late 50s and 1960s. In these stories, we’re captured by a wonderful narrator – engaging, witty, fresh and young – who draws us through his own experiences and that of his family – with a crisp, clear narratorial voice and an open, warm heart – as we move lyrically through his world. That an adult writer captures so successfully and completely the experiences, timbre and joyful voice of a lively young Irish lad is testament to his focus, his skill and his talent as a writer. This is a joyful, memorable work! ” - Judges of Carousel Aware Prize for Independently Published Authors (The CAP for Indies)