{"product_id":"strange-flowers-hb-w2","title":"Donal Ryan: STRANGE FLOWERS W2 [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Endlessly surprising and incredibly moving'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Nicholls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph ... the best novel I've read so far this year' Joseph O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Here is love as a weapon and a balm ... A gorgeously wrought book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eOutstanding ... Tender and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAll the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' \u003c\/b\u003eKathleen MacMahon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisite ... Beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e' Anne Griffin, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen All Is Said\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them' \u003c\/b\u003eRonan Hession, author of \u003ci\u003eLeonard and Hungry Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan, Donal","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44390081757474,"sku":"9780857525222","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51300795515219,"sku":"XV80857525222","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47740581773651,"sku":"XG80857525222","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/ryan-donal-donal-ryan-strange-flowers-w2-2020-hardback-59690078798163.jpg?v=1751285845","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/strange-flowers-hb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}