{"product_id":"9781529337389","title":"Growing Up with Ireland : A Century of Memories from Our Oldest and Wisest Citizens by Valerie Cox","description":"An incredible portal to our past' The Sunday TimesOn 7 January 1922, Ireland became a free state. Born into that era of turbulence and hope were the twenty-six women and men whose stories and memories of a lifetime are captured by cherished Irish journalist Valerie Cox. From living memory come stories of the arrival of electricity, story-telling at 'rambling houses', raising a family in an earlier era, the scourge of TB, the big snow of 1932 and hiding out when the Black and Tans raided. These evocative pieces reflect both a simpler time and a tougher one, where childhood was short and the world of work beckoned from an early age.   Growing Up With Ireland is a compelling portrait of an Ireland in some ways warmly familiar, and in others changed beyond recognition, from those who were there at the beginning.   'A comprehensive and evocative insight into a century of Irish life ... a valuable record' Irish Examiner\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302875804021,"sku":"9781529337389","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529337389.jpg?v=1762793479","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529337389","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}