{"product_id":"home-scar","title":"Home Scar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity, conjuring real and complex people straight off the page ... subtle and authentic\" - Claire Fuller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, they''re drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and - ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Home Scar\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it.\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her beautifully simple style belies psychological complexity ... and her tone is wryly accepting\" - \u003ci\u003eBig Issue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quiet and bleakly beautiful ... like the siblings and Ireland, it will leave a permanent mark on those who venture into its depths\" - \u003ci\u003eBuzz \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Picks at the wounds only a mother can inflict ... ambitious ... intricate\" - \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptional novel about a brother and sister returning to the west of Ireland and to a summer of their past.\" - Anne Griffin, \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful story about legacy and loss and the possibility of reconciliation\" - \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394794856830,"sku":"NW9780241995433","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241995433.jpg?v=1778632967","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/home-scar","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}