Corn Flakes for Dinner :

A Heartbreaking Comedy
About Family Life
 By
Aidan Comerford
Gill
 Aidan Comerford was on top of the world. He stepped off stage
having just been crowned the winner of So You Think You're Funny
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014, previous winners of which
include Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan, David O'Doherty and
Aisling Bea. This was it! His big break ...

He returned to Ireland elated, only to find out that while he was in

Edinburgh his youngest daughter, who has autism, had gone missing
near a lake.

For Aidan this was the moment he began to accept that personal
dreams can never take precedence over family, a family who were
struggling through tough challenges - redundancy, mortgage
problems, a pyritic house, post-natal depression - and, in the midst
of it all, both daughters were diagnosed with autism.

Corn Flakes for Dinner is about what happens when expectations

don't meet reality and, dreams crushed, you carry on and discover
that even the darkest of clouds can reveal a silver lining. A hilarious,
poignant memoir about ordinary magic, Corn Flakes for Dinner is a
masterclass in navigating life's toughest challenges and
rediscovering the joy in every day.
 'Any parent of a child with autism should read this book. It gives
some much-needed humour for the dark days. Far from being glib, it
will be a lifeline for so many.' Irish Independent

'Being a parent is challenging in all sorts of ways and things come at

you from all directions that you don't expect. What Aidan has done
is

illustrate that with a lightness of touch.' Roisin Ingle, The Irish

Times

'I can't recommend this book enough, an incredible read about

expectations, reality and the silver lining of family life.' PJ
Gallagher

'Darkly funny, fantastically real.' IMAGE

Gill

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