In 2013, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, a young journalist and content creator, was
racially abused and spat upon in Dublin's city centre. Having dealt with
racism throughout her young life, this proud Kerrywoman had finally had
enough. In the days that followed, she took to Twitter to call out the
'land of a thousand welcomes' for its naivety and cowardice in dealing
with racism. The incident was widely shared in the media and her story
went viral. But Úna-Minh's story actually begins in Hanoi, Vietnam, in
1991, when she was adopted at just three days old by a single woman from
Kerry. Raised in a loving, Irish-speaking home by her mother and
grandfather, Úna-Minh was instilled with an enduring sense of her
multi-faceted Irish identity. In her first book, she writes honestly and
humorously about tackling racism, language elitism and online trolls and
the joy of turning her love of the internet, video games and accessible
Irish-language content into a healthy work/life balance. Sprinkled
throughout with Úna-Minh's own #FrásaAnLae, Anseo is the heartwarming
story of a diverse and contemporary Irish life.