{"product_id":"strange-flowers","title":"Strange Flowers","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020\u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'You have to truly love people to write like this'\u003c\/b\u003e RACHEL JOYCE\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'One of the greatest novels of this century\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gorgeously wrought'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Beautiful 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e _________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAll the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages' \u003cb\u003eKATHLEEN MACMAHON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eExquisite . . . Beautiful' \u003cb\u003eANNE GRIFFIN, author of \u003ci\u003eWHEN ALL IS SAID\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them' \u003cb\u003eR N\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eN HESSION, author of \u003ci\u003eLEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43584841515205,"sku":"","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Strange_20Flowers.jpg?v=1716685735","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-flowers","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}