{"product_id":"chris-cleave-everyone-brave-is-forgiven-2016-hardback","title":"Chris Cleave: Everyone Brave Is Forgiven [2016] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ian McEwan did this with \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Waters did it with \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, and Chris Cleave does it too with \u003ci\u003eEveryone Brave is Forgiven\u003c\/i\u003e..\u003c\/b\u003e. A compelling and finely crafted novel.' FT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An addictive, propulsive read' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer Reading pick - Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTop Ten hottest summer reads - \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInstant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003cbr\u003e'A cracker'\u003ci\u003e Stylist\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 Exciting Books in 2016\u003cbr\u003e'His best book to date' \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 best novels of 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Literary Highlight of 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book to read in 2016 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish News\u003c\/i\u003e Top Picks for 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e20 Books We Can't Wait  to Read in 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary tale of love and honour in extreme circumstances, from the multi-award-winning author of THE OTHER HAND.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen war is declared, Mary North leaves finishing school unfinished, goes straight to the War Office, and signs up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Shaw decides to give it a miss - until his flatmate Alistair unexpectedly enlists, and the conflict can no longer be avoided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung, bright and brave, Mary is certain she'd be a marvelous spy. When she is - bewilderingly - made a teacher, she instead finds herself defying prejudice to protect the children her country would rather forget. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom, meanwhile, finds that he will do anything for Mary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when Mary and Alistair meet, it is love, as well as war, that will test them in ways they could not have imagined, entangling three lives in violence and passion, friendship and deception, inexorably shaping their hopes and dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a powerful combination of both humour and heartbreak, this dazzling novel weaves little-known history, and a perfect love story, through the vast sweep of the Second World War - daring us to understand that, against the great theatre of world events, it is the intimate losses, the small battles, the daily human triumphs, that change us most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cleave, Chris","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48138072555859,"sku":"9781473618695","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cleave-chris-chris-cleave-everyone-brave-is-forgiven-2016-hardback-9781473618695-55895831019859.jpg?v=1728063316","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/chris-cleave-everyone-brave-is-forgiven-2016-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}