{"product_id":"mary-ann-sate-imbecile-hb-w9","title":"Alice Jolly: Mary Ann Sate, Imbecile [2018] hardback","description":"`I would place it among the classics of this century and the last' Sally Bayley, author of Girl With Dove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you tell a story oft enough\u003cbr\u003e So it become true\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the nineteenth century draws towards a close, Mary Ann Sate, an elderly maidservant, sets out to write her truth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She writes of the Valleys that she loves, of the poisonous rivalry between her employer's two sons and of a terrible choice which tore her world apart.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Her haunting and poignant story brings to life a period of strife and rapid social change, and evokes the struggles of those who lived in poverty and have been forgotten by history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this fictional found memoir, novelist Alice Jolly uses the astonishing voice of Mary Ann to recreate history as seen from a woman's perspective and to give joyful, poetic voice to the silenced women of the past.","brand":"Jolly, Alice","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42043777515705,"sku":"9781783525492","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/jolly-alice-mary-ann-sate-imbecile-hb-w9-9781783525492-32320960299193.jpg?v=1656022690","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/mary-ann-sate-imbecile-hb-w9","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}