{"product_id":"virgin-ground-9781800743427","title":"Virgin Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatsy O Kelly s life is framed by the Irish war of Independence and The Troubles spilling down from the North some five decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving her childhood home in the countryside, she grows up in The Liberties, an impoverished working-class area of Dublin. There her life becomes dominated by a damaged and embittered father, a former IRA Volunteer, and by her unquestioning devotion to her faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey prove a cruel combination which haunts her throughout her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatsy enters into a marriage of convenience with one of the many characters she meets as she gets immersed in the colour and craic of the city. And as the 20th century progresses, we witness many of its remarkable events through the eyes of this extraordinary ordinary woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15771619\"\u003eMaggie Lett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Olympia Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800743427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800743424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olympia Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44426000826605,"sku":"1800743424","price":26.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1702c8b4-881f-4c1d-8ea6-da90bf0ffdc1.jpg?v=1699982872","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/virgin-ground-9781800743427","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}