{"product_id":"9781804991077","title":"Donal Ryan - The Queen of Dirt Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Donal Ryan. Themes include Fiction, Sagas, Historical, Literary, Women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the emotional, bestselling novel about four generations of women and the stories that bind them, from the Booker longlisted author Of \u003ci\u003eStrange Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'One of the finest novelists writing today... \u003cb\u003ea haunting, exquisite masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e.' Rachel Joyce\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Endlessly surprising and \u003cb\u003eincredibly moving\u003c\/b\u003e' David Nicholls\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eBeautiful, compassionate\u003c\/b\u003e ... Donal Ryan at his inimitable best.' Maggie O'farrell\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ___________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You'd have to know them - in spite of what neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes - to know that that their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The head of the family, Nana, is a woman who has buried two sons and whose life has been the family farm.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Her daughter-in-law, Eileen, is estranged from her own parents, having 'shamed' them and given birth to Saoirse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And then there's Saoirse herself, eavesdropping on lives she cannot comprehend.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is only when they must battle for the inheritance of Dirt Island - a narrow strip of land adjacent to Eileen's childhood home - that they truly understand the roots that bind their lives together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e _________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The prose drips like honey off a spoon' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Beautifully poised, sad, poetic and human....I loved every single line.' \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eColum Mccann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show' \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A life-enhancing talent' \u003cb\u003eSebastian Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'I would struggle to think of any other Irish author working today who writes with as much compassion as Donal Ryan' \u003cb\u003eLouise O'neill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58031247950198,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781804991077.jpg?v=1780674595","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781804991077","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}