{"product_id":"niamh-mulvey-the-amendments-2025-paperback","title":"Niamh Mulvey: The Amendments [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTender and profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/i\u003e is at once the novel of a nation over four decades, a love story, and an intricate family drama that will break your heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An extraordinary achievement. \u003ci\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/i\u003e is about a lot of things - love, family, girlhood, growing up, sex, legacy, compassion - all blended into a moving plot'\u003c\/b\u003e - Jessie Burton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Miniaturist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, parenthood is the start of a new life. For Nell, it's the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist's office. Because she can't go into this without facing the painful truth: that she has been a mother before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Dolores, Nell's mother, the news also brings a reckoning: with the way her daughter's life unfolded fifteen years ago, with its inextricable ties to her own past, and with the tragedy that neither of them have spoken about since . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing and moving' \u003c\/b\u003e- Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It cuts to the heart of what it means to be human'\u003c\/b\u003e - Elizabeth Macneal, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Doll Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As significant as it is enjoyable' \u003c\/b\u003e- Emma Stonex, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully compelling' \u003c\/b\u003e- Joseph O'Connor, author of \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Ireland against the backdrop of a series of abortion referendums\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Amendments \u003c\/i\u003eis the debut novel from Niamh Mulvey, author of \u003ci\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, and was selected by the \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e VIP \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the most anticipated novels of the year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mulvey, Niamh","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50491320435027,"sku":"9781529079876","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":53058615935315,"sku":"XG81529079876","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52069589385555,"sku":"XV81529079876","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mulvey-niamh-niamh-mulvey-the-amendments-2025-paperback-9781529079876-1143509713.jpg?v=1771414415","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/niamh-mulvey-the-amendments-2025-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}