{"product_id":"country-girl","title":"Country Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe iconic memoir from the Irish author of the legendary \u003ci\u003eThe Country Girls \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Get ready to applaud, ladies and gentlemen, because there is no one like her.'' \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the last great lights of the golden age of Irish literature.'' \u003cb\u003eEimear McBride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Glittering energy.'' \u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI thought of life''s many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, crossed love and unrequited love, success and failure, fame and slaughter ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Ireland in 1930 and driven into exile after publication of her controversial first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Country Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, was burned in public, Edna O''Brien is now hailed as one of the most majestic writers of her era - and \u003ci\u003eCountry Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis her fabulous memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in rural Ireland, O''Brien weaves the tale of her life from convent school to elopement, divorce, single-motherhood, moving on to the wild parties of 1960s bohemian in London, encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars, and literary titans, love and unrequited love, and glamorous trips to America as a celebrity writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis a rich and heady accounting of the events, people, emotions, and landscape that have forged a legendary author. O''Brien recasts her life with the imaginative alchemy of a poet, and the result is a memoir of sparkling wisdom and honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57302947627390,"sku":"NW9780571269440","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571269440.jpg?v=1778654872","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/country-girl","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}