{"product_id":"9781848409071-he-used-to-be-me","title":"He Used to Be Me","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful and devastating new story by acclaimed Irish poet, Anne Walsh Donnelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I sit on the stone that will mark the bed of my bones. You’ll find the used-to-be-me, soon, flat body, washed up, wrinkly skin. No silly grin. You’ll say, What a waste of a life. Tut-tut sounds jump out. Dangle like worms from your crow’s mouth .’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Daft Matt, the Mayo man at the heart of this astonishing, form-bending story, as he wanders the streets of Castlebar in search of Devil’s feet – the claw marks of the cága, or jackdaws, who have spoken to him since he was a boy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYet Matt is anything but daft. In lyrical prose, Walsh Donnelly explores the complex workings of Matt’s inner life: how he deals with the loss of his twin brother as a child, navigates the carefree days of early manhood and copes with the aftermath of the horse-riding accident that would see him incarcerated in the care system for the next thirty years. Richly imagined and beautifully written, this is a story for anyone who chooses to look beyond the surface of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I used to think those claws were the only things that kept me above sea-level.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513970761825,"sku":"9781848409071","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28312586.jpg?v=1722497813","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848409071-he-used-to-be-me","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}