{"product_id":"what-ends","title":"Andrew Ladd: What Ends [2014] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Young Lions Fiction Award 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet on a remote Scottish island, this is the compelling story of one family's struggle to cope with a vanishing way of life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Eilean Fior, a small island off the north-west coast of Scotland with twenty-eight inhabitants, the McClouds run a faltering guesthouse. A family business, it is expected that one of the three children will eventually take over. But Barry, Flora and Trevor all have their own ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this nuanced and moving debut novel, Andrew Ladd weaves together a series of conjoined narratives which follow each of the McClouds as they struggle to find a balance between their feelings of obligation and their desire for personal freedom. At once a lyrically haunting and unforgettable elegy for a lost world, \u003cem\u003eWhat Ends\u003c\/em\u003e is also a subtle family saga about change and regret - about the difference between feeling one is trapped and the reality of being so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ladd, Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48103388610899,"sku":"XG81780744988","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/ladd-andrew-what-ends-xg81780744988-55770379583827.jpg?v=1726427656","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/what-ends","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}