{"product_id":"9781784978341","title":"We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958","description":"Author: O'Toole, Fintan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784978341\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 624 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003cbr\u003eWINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards \u003cbr\u003e'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' \u003cb\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' \u003cb\u003eColm Toiban, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Evocative, moving, funny and furious' \u003cb\u003eDominic Sandbrook, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'An enthralling, panoramic book' \u003cb\u003ePatrick Radden Keefe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A book that will remain important for a very long time' \u003cb\u003eAn Post Irish Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Don't Know Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present. Ireland has changed almost out of recognition during those decades, and Fintan O'Toole's life coincides with that arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving of memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing social and historical narrative. This was the era of Eamon de Valera, Jack Lynch, Charles Haughey and John Charles McQuaid, of sectarian civil war in the North and the Pope's triumphant visit in 1979, but also of those who began to speak out against the ruling consensus     feminists, advocates for the rights of children, gay men and women coming out of the shadows. \u003ci\u003eWe Don't Know Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand modern Ireland.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631853752478,"sku":"UBD-9781784978341","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784978341.jpg?v=1774310296","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784978341","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}