{"product_id":"in-white-ink-p-b-z90","title":"Elske Rahill: In White Ink [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMotherhood, nurture and violence\u003c\/b\u003e - these are the themes of Elske Rahill's remarkable first collection, \u003ci\u003eIn White Ink\u003c\/i\u003e. Rahill brings to life the \u003cb\u003epsychological and physical reality\u003c\/b\u003e of mothering, pregnancy and childbirth in ways that few others writers have attempted. Here is a \u003cb\u003ebiting realism\u003c\/b\u003e, in the relations between men and women and in the expectations and failures of their assigned roles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story is illumined by moments of harsh poetry. They are carefully crafted snapshots of our condition. In the title story, an isolated young mother is locked in to a custody battle with her abusive husband; '\u003ci\u003eRight to Reply\u003c\/i\u003e' shows three generations of women confronting the terrible legacy of their family's past; in '\u003ci\u003eToby\u003c\/i\u003e', a woman obsessed with hygiene finally snaps, when she finds her home is infested with fleas. \u003cb\u003eThe precision of Rahill's prose, the stoicism of her unflinching narrative gaze, reveal characters caught up in violently emotional situations.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe version of motherhood found here is painful. Yet its endurance, as nature's greatest force, is brilliantly and compassionately rendered.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rahill, Elske","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46938962002259,"sku":"XV81786691064","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42043860189369,"sku":"9781786691064","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/rahill-elske-elske-rahill-in-white-ink-2018-paperback-1147302699.jpg?v=1742073803","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/in-white-ink-p-b-z90","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}