{"product_id":"the-country-girls","title":"The Country Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe groundbreaking debut novel that set the world alight, from the beloved great Edna O'Brien.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe want to live. Drink gin. Squeeze into the front of big cars and drive up outside big hotels. We want to go places.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaithleen is a romantic: she dreams of finding a handsome man who will sweep her away and look after her. Her friend Baba thinks this makes her a right-looking eejit. What she wants is money and glamour. Life. As much of it as she can get. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut neither love nor excitement seem possible in their small village, or their convent school. And when they finally make it to Dublin, they find that home isn't as easy to escape as they thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 240 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63166406656349,"sku":"9780571396665","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780571396665.jpg?v=1768990482","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-country-girls","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}