{"product_id":"country-girl-a-memoir-1","title":"Country Girl: A Memoir","description":"\"Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life.\"-National Public Radio\n\nWhen Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with the best writing of the twentieth century. Country Girl brings us face-to-face with a life of high drama and contemplation.\n\nStarting with O'Brien's birth in a grand but deteriorating house in Ireland, her story moves through convent school to elopement, divorce, single-motherhood, the wild parties of the '60s in London, and encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars, and literary titans. There is love and unrequited love, and the glamour of trips to America as a celebrated writer and the guest of Jackie Onassis and Hillary Clinton.\n\nCountry Girl is a rich and heady accounting of the events, people, emotions, and landscape that have imprinted upon and enhanced one lifetime.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 031612270X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.031612270X.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:O'Brien, Edna\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41720601935930,"sku":"DBV.031612270X.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/031612270X-0_1630a88a-07c1-4dab-9e41-4e517f669b33.jpg?v=1791091108","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/country-girl-a-memoir-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}