{"product_id":"9781399625562","title":"The Stirrings","description":"Author: Catherine Taylor\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399625562\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Feb 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Part poignant memoir of time and place. Part record of the violence, and indifference, against which most girls grow up. \u003ci\u003eThe Stirrings\u003c\/i\u003e is a pleasure and a shock' Eimear McBride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A superb, moving and disturbing memoir - haunting and unforgettable' Jonathan Coe\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story about one young woman coming of age, and about the place and time that shaped her: the North of England in the 1970s and 80s.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the scorching summer of 1976 - the last Catherine Taylor would spend with both her parents in their home in Sheffield.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout the Yorkshire Ripper, the serial killer whose haunting presence in Catherine's childhood was matched only by the aching absence of her own father.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout a country thrown into disarray by the nuclear threat and the Miners' Strike, just as Catherine's adolescent body was invaded by a debilitating illness.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout 1989's 'Second Summer of Love', a time of sexual awakening for Catherine, and the unforeseen consequences that followed it.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout a tragic accident, and how the insidious dangers facing women would became increasingly apparent as Catherine crossed into to adulthood.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449883545758,"sku":"ADS-9781399625562","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399625562.jpg?v=1769572761","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399625562","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}