{"product_id":"9780571313518-multitudes","title":"Multitudes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003cbr\u003eFeatures eleven stories that explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or 'the drunkenness of things being various'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A lively, humane book, gritty but wholehearted.' Colin Barrett, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the finest short-story writers at work today.' \u003ci\u003eWendy Erskine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Exhilarating.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Belfast to London and back again, the eleven stories in Lucy Caldwell's acclaimed first collection chronicle the heartache, joy, and tenderness of growing up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith lives caught in the suspense of transition - between city and country; between the in crowd and the out; between home and escape; between love and loneliness - Multitudes culminates with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story, as a young woman goes through her first labour and the traumatic days that follow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply affecting, intimate and yet resonant, these are stories that squeeze right into the fractures that end up shaping the course of lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449747550582,"sku":"9780571313518","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40177576.jpg?v=1776867728","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571313518-multitudes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}