Last weekend, huge crowds turned out for Philomena when she signed copies in Eason's, O'Connell Street and Hughes and Hughes, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.

Described by Roisin Ingle of the Irish Times as "a rocking good read", My Boy is one of the most extraordinary stories ever told. In 1949, at the age of just 18, Philomena Lynott gave birth to her first son, Philip Parris Lynott. She was Irish, Catholic, unmarried and living in Birmingham. And her son was black.

Now, for the first time ever, Philomena Lynott along with Hot Press' Jackie Hayden, tells the astounding, true story of Philip Lynott and the brother and sister that he never knew. My Boy is Philomena Lynott's personal story of a deeply affectionate mother-son relationship, as well as a welcome opportunity for her to finally lift from her 80-year-old shoulders the burden of concealment in relation to the rest of her family.

Fully updated with electrifying new revelations, My Boy is one of the most heart-breaking and profoundly inspiring books you will ever read...

"This is an astonishing, deeply moving and ultimately brilliantly inspiring story," says Niall Stokes, editor of Hot Press. "I think that it will strike an emotional chord with people throughout the world. Books like this are indeed rare. I am proud to be in a position to publish something of such wonderful and resonant human interest as My Boy."

Philomena Lynott spent over six hours signing books, between the two events last weekend. In addition to the crowds who turned out in Eason's on Saturday, hundreds of book buyers also packed into Stephen's Green Shopping Centre on Sunday, where The Philip Lynott Exhibition is also currently taking place.

Pictured: Daire Vint (age 8) from Co Down, pictured with Philomena at Easons, O'Connell Street.

This weekend's book signing takes place on Saturday, March 19, at 12pm in Dubray Books, Grafton Street.