{"product_id":"9781844885336-grass-ceiling","title":"The Grass Ceiling","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Being a Woman in Sport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting' Ciarán Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien. Playing with other girls or women means you have to accept smaller audiences, diminished status and - for professionals - lower pay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what if, as is the case for camogie player Eimear Ryan, your sport has a completely different name when women play it? What if you don't feel entirely comfortable in an all-female sporting environment because you're shy, bookish, not really one of the girls?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Ceiling, \u003c\/i\u003eacclaimed novelist Eimear Ryan digs deep into the confluence of gender and sport, and all the questions it throws up about identity, status, competition and self-expression. At a time when women's sport is on the rise but still a long way from equality, it is a sharp, nuanced and heartfelt exploration of questions that affect everyone who loves sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Grass Ceiling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA gorgeous memoir about a life lived in sport, specifically a female, Irish rural life. I read it in two sittings.' Malachy Clerkin, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A love letter to the GAA and a diatribe against the idea sport is not for women' Kathleen McNamee, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant . Ryan's bold and deep search into so many of those internalised questions provides a fascinating collage of emotional detail' Christy O'Connor, \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyrical, urgent, wise and bracing' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\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":41540126572641,"sku":"9781844885336","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34494196.jpg?v=1747962415","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844885336-grass-ceiling","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}