{"product_id":"the-queen-of-dirt-islandbooks","title":"The Queen of Dirt Island","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e–\u003c\/i\u003eMaggie O'Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e–C\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eolum McCann, author of \u003ci\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet The Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the multi-award-winning and internationally bestselling author Donal Ryan, a searing, jubilant story about four generations of women and fierce love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Aylward women of Nenagh, Tipperary, are mad about each other, but you wouldn’t always think it. You’d have to know them to know that—in spite of what the neighbors might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes—their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Their story begins at an end and ends at a beginning. It involves wives and widows, gunrunners and gougers, sinners and saints. It’s a story of terrible betrayals and fierce loyalties, of isolation and togetherness, of transgression, forgiveness, desire, and love. Of all the things family can be and all the things it sometimes isn’t. \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Dirt Island \u003c\/i\u003eis an uplifting celebration of fierce, loyal love and the powerful stories that bind generations together.","brand":"Ryan, Donal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47142449971424,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_08f2582e-441d-4f20-8120-58958a3bea20.jpg?v=1742050033","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-queen-of-dirt-islandbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}