{"product_id":"9781804991077","title":"The Queen of Dirt Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the emotional, bestselling novel about four generations of women and the stories that bind them, from the Booker longlisted author Of Strange Flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the finest novelists writing today... a haunting, exquisite masterpiece.' RACHEL JOYCE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Endlessly surprising and incredibly moving' DAVID NICHOLLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautiful, compassionate ... Donal Ryan at his inimitable best.' MAGGIE O'FARRELL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e___________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldn't always think it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou'd have to know them - in spite of what neighbours might say about raised voices and dramatic scenes - to know that that their house is a place of peace, filled with love, a refuge from the sadness and cruelty of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe head of the family, Nana, is a woman who has buried two sons and whose life has been the family farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer daughter-in-law, Eileen, is estranged from her own parents, having 'shamed' them and given birth to Saoirse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there's Saoirse herself, eavesdropping on lives she cannot comprehend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is only when they must battle for the inheritance of Dirt Island - a narrow strip of land adjacent to Eileen's childhood home - that they truly understand the roots that bind their lives together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e_________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The prose drips like honey off a spoon' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautifully poised, sad, poetic and human....I loved every single line.' IAN RANKIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A generous mosaic of a novel about the staying power of love and pride and history and family' COLUM McCANN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A life-enhancing talent' SEBASTIAN BARRY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I would struggle to think of any other Irish author working today who writes with as much compassion as Donal Ryan' LOUISE O'NEILL\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin (Transworld)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52904898724149,"sku":"EB_LI0700_00000_AD","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781804991077-1.jpg?v=1789408642","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9781804991077","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}