{"product_id":"edith","title":"Martina Devlin: Edith [2022] paperback","description":"Martina Devlin, an award-winning columnist for the Irish Independent and podcaster for Dublin City of Literature #CityofBooks, has delivered a new novel based on the life of Edith Somerville of 'Somerville and Ross' fame - authors of The Irish R.M.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this work, set during the turbulent period of Irish Independence 1921-22, Somerville finds herself at a crossroads. Her position as a member of the Ascendancy is perilous as she struggles to keep her family home, Drishane House in West Cork, while others are burned out. After years in a successful writing partnership with Violet Martin, Edith continues to write after her partner's death, comforted in the belief they continue to connect through automatic writing and seances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a backdrop of Civil War politics and lawlessness erupting across the country via IRA flying columns, people across Ireland are forced to consider where their loyalties lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Edith, Devlin limns a vivid historical context in this story of proto-feminist Edith Somerville courageously trying to keep home and heart in one piece.","brand":"Devlin, Martina","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42276977377465,"sku":"9781843518303","price":18.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":46918696370515,"sku":"XE81843518303","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46918295781715,"sku":"XV81843518303","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/devlin-martina-edith-9781843518303-32526226129081.jpg?v=1655925133","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/edith","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}