{"product_id":"import-638f3128-1c7a-46d3-a521-f7d6bcaa993f","title":"Strange Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the International Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You have to truly love people to write like this'\u003c\/b\u003e RACHEL JOYCE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the greatest novels of this century\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gorgeously wrought' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAll the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages'\u003cb\u003e KATHLEEN MACMAHON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eExquisite . . . Beautiful'\u003cb\u003e ANNE GRIFFIN, author of \u003ci\u003eWHEN ALL IS SAID\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them'\u003cb\u003e RONA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eN HESSION, author of \u003ci\u003eLEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages | Published May 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66048972685580,"sku":"9781784163044","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781784163044.jpg?v=1793188267","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/import-638f3128-1c7a-46d3-a521-f7d6bcaa993f","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}