{"product_id":"memoir","title":"Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beloved memoir of an Irish childhood by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of classics like Amongst Women is a 'healing book' (Sebastian Barry)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'McGahern is about as close as we get to Proust.' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am sure it is from those days that I take the belief that the best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the sun-dappled mazes of Irish country lanes, a little boy walks with his mother, naming the tangled wildflowers together - a memory that will inspire the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of John McGahern's his mother's death, his father's tyrannical violence, his encounters with religion, and how, through his discovery of reading, his dream of becoming a writer began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A great writer.' Sebastian Barry\u003cbr\u003e'The Irish novelist everyone should read.' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John McGahern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58720647151947,"sku":"9780571399482","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/0643\/5403\/files\/9780571399482.jpg?v=1791287069","url":"https:\/\/paperwing.co.uk\/products\/memoir","provider":"Paperwing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}