{"product_id":"9780571341184","title":"Girl by Edna O'Brien","description":"The final novel by the legendary Irish icon Edna O'Brien, author of The Country Girls.   'The taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose - there's no one like Edna.' Anne Enright'Girl broke me in two: a hard and beautiful miracle.' Eimear McBride'An extraordinary act of imagination.' J.M. Coetzee   'Glittering energy . . . Exemplary.' Colm T?ib?nI was a girl once, but not any more . . .   A young Nigerian woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, ruled by Boko Haram, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial?'Astonishing.' New Statesman'Raw and transfixing.' Observer'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph*Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2020; longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction; shortlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction; shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2020*\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56292734763381,"sku":"9780571341184","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571341184.jpg?v=1762751296","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780571341184","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}