{"product_id":"strange-flowers-pb-w2","title":"Donal Ryan: Strange Flowers: The Number One Bestseller [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You have to truly love people to write like this'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eRachel Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the greatest novels of this century' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gorgeously wrought' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eOutstanding . . . Tender and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' \u003c\/b\u003eKathleen MacMahon\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":42253885898937,"sku":"9781784163044","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47409298669907,"sku":"XG81784163044","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48109812154707,"sku":"XE81784163044","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47159680336211,"sku":"XV81784163044","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-the-number-one-bestseller-2021-paperback-55782328926547.jpg?v=1714827026","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/strange-flowers-pb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}