{"product_id":"a-haunted-heart","title":"John Mackenna: A Haunted Heart [2000] paperback","description":"*A beautiful and unforgettable love story crafted from the quiet unspoken truths of life*In 1959, sixty years after leaving her native Ireland, Catherine Hallshead returns to live in Athy very near where she grew up. Her mission is to go through the sixty-nine journals of her life and then write a separate account of what happened when a stranger entered the Quaker Meeting House at Ballitore in January 1899. Joshua Jacob was a charismatic driven man; Abigail, then married, fell head over heels in love with him. Their love for each other took their lives in directions they never forsaw or forgave. Catherine sets out a memorial to her dead friend for the children who never knew their mother. She also depicts life in a small town in the late fifties in Ireland, and shows how the curiosity of the townsfolk gradually turns to help and offers of friendship.","brand":"Mackenna, John","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47984372449619,"sku":"XG80330352758","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mackenna-john-a-haunted-heart-xg80330352758-55406973288787.jpg?v=1728010929","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/a-haunted-heart","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}