{"product_id":"9781529079876-amendments","title":"The Amendments","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sweeping family saga that tells the story of three Irish women and their struggles to find love, meaning and freedom against a backdrop of enormous social and cultural change as Ireland marks time with a series of abortion referendums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTender and profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of three Irish women over four decades, a love story, and a family drama that will break your heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An extraordinary achievement. \u003ci\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/i\u003e is about a lot of things - love, family, girlhood, growing up, sex, legacy, compassion - all blended into a moving plot’\u003c\/b\u003e - Jessie Burton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Miniaturist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, parenthood is the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without facing the painful truth: that she has been a mother before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Dolores, Nell’s mother, the news also brings a reckoning: with the way her daughter’s life unfolded fifteen years ago, with its inextricable ties to her own past, and with the tragedy that neither of them have spoken about since .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engrossing and moving' \u003c\/b\u003e- Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It cuts to the heart of what it means to be human’\u003c\/b\u003e - Elizabeth Macneal, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Doll Factory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘As significant as it is enjoyable’ \u003c\/b\u003e- Emma Stonex, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully compelling' \u003c\/b\u003e- Joseph O'Connor, author of \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Ireland against the backdrop of a series of abortion referendums\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Amendments \u003c\/i\u003eis the debut novel from Niamh Mulvey, author of \u003ci\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, and was selected by the \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e VIP \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the most anticipated novels of the year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41607545880673,"sku":"9781529079876","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31620460.jpg?v=1733989130","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529079876-amendments","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}