{"product_id":"9781784163044","title":"Strange Flowers","description":"Author: Ryan, Donal \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784163044 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2021 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 15mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary story of a family devastated by a sudden disappearance and transformed by a miraculous return from the award-winning author loved by David Nicholls, Kamila Shamsie and Sebastian Barry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the An Post Irish Novel of the Year 2020\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the International Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You have to truly love people to write like this'\u003c\/b\u003e RACHEL JOYCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the\u003c\/b\u003e greatest novels of this century\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gorgeously wrought' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus from her rural home and disappears.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an unbearable prospect- that they will never see their daughter again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with her will change the course of her family's life forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding ... Tender and beautifully written'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAll the beauty and sorrow of life can be found in these pages'\u003cb\u003e KATHLEEN MACMAHON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eExquisite . . . Beautiful'\u003cb\u003e ANNE GRIFFIN, author of \u003ci\u003eWHEN ALL IS SAID\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ryan gathers together the fragments of broken lives and makes us something new and beautiful from them'\u003cb\u003e R N \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eN HESSION, author of \u003ci\u003eLEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45475764273310,"sku":"UBD-9781784163044","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784163044.jpg?v=1747884819","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784163044","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}