{"product_id":"bookworm-h-b-w3","title":"Lucy Mangan: Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love letter to the joys of childhood reading from Wonderland to Narnia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Passionate, witty, informed, and gloriously opinionated' \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I felt like this was written just for me, and I think everyone will feel this way' \u003cb\u003eJenny Colgan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful and moving... It will kickstart a cascade of nostalgia for countless people' \u003cb\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland.\u003c\/b\u003e She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. She wandered the countryside with Milly-Molly-Mandy, and played by the tracks with the Railway Children. With\u003ci\u003e Charlotte's Web\u003c\/i\u003e she discovered Death and with Judy Blume it was Boys. No wonder she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library or to spend her pocket money on amassing her own at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Bookworm\u003c\/i\u003e, Lucy revisits her childhood reading with wit, love and gratitude.\u003c\/b\u003e She relives our best-beloved books, their extraordinary creators, and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives. She also disinters a few forgotten treasures to inspire the next generation of bookworms and set them on their way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life\u003c\/b\u003e - prompting endless re-readings, rediscoveries, and, inevitably, fierce debate - and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story, that of a born, and unrepentant, bookworm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mangan, Lucy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44231875559714,"sku":"9780224098854","price":18.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/mangan-lucy-bookworm-h-b-w3-9780224098854-40204176195874.jpg?v=1672262445","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/bookworm-h-b-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}