{"product_id":"little-sister-p-b-z25","title":"Carol Birch: Little Sister [2011] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe's come to steal my thunder again, hasn't she?  Dying, my foot.  She's probably just being dramatic.  Dying for dramatic effect.  She would.'    Cathy Wren, aged 37,  lives alone in a small northern town, surviving on waitressing and piano teaching.   She nurses her quiet drab life, keeping memories of a tumultuous earlier time at bay, until one stray remnant of that old life knocks on her front door.   There, standing on her doorstep, in the rain, is Stephen, ex-boyfriend of her younger sister, Veronica Karen.  He's come with bad news about her sister and a dogged determination to find her,  and he wants Cathy's help.  Cathy, who hasn't spoken to Veronica Karen - that thorn in her side -  for ten years,  is about to find herself on a weird and haphazard journey that turns into much more than a search for her little sister.\u003cbr\u003e'It is in its delicate exploration of the murky ground between objective assessment for life and irrational affection for a person that the novel compels' - TLS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birch, Carol","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48149990441299,"sku":"XG81844087990","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":42044021047481,"sku":"9781844087990","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/birch-carol-carol-birch-little-sister-2011-paperback-55947848778067.jpg?v=1727628426","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/little-sister-p-b-z25","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}