{"product_id":"country-girl-0571269443","title":"Country Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0571269443\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edna O'Brien\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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, to have read in the newspapers that as a writer I was past my sell-by date, yet regardless, to go on writing and reading, to be lucky enough to live in these two intensities that have buttressed my whole life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBorn in Ireland in 1930 and driven into exile after publication of her controversial first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Country Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, O'Brien has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writers of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCountry Girl \u003c\/i\u003ewe come face to face with literary life of high drama and contemplation. And along the way there are encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars and literary titans -- all of whom lend this life, so gorgeously, sometimes painfully remembered here, a terrible poignancy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn prose which sparkles with the effortless gifts of a master in her ninth decade, Edna O'Brien has recast her life with the imaginitive insight of a poet. It is a book of unfathomable depths and honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51525378507040,"sku":"NEW0571269443","price":22.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81FYyg-grmL_72d4de70-cfc1-4386-a3f3-ca9ceb99b281.jpg?v=1777149381","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/country-girl-0571269443","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}