{"product_id":"grace-paperback-5","title":"Grace - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eProphet Song, \u003c\/i\u003e a sweeping, Dickensian story of a young girl on a life-changing journey across nineteenth-century Ireland on the eve of the Great Famine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Early one October morning, Grace's mother snatches her from sleep and brutally cuts off her hair, declaring, \"You are the strong one now.\" With winter close at hand and Ireland already suffering, Grace is no longer safe at home. And so her mother outfits her in men's clothing and casts her out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her younger brother Colly follows after her, the two set off on a remarkable odyssey in the looming shadow of their country's darkest hour. The broken land they pass through reveals untold suffering as well as unexpected beauty. To survive, Grace must become a boy, a bandit, a penitent and, finally, a woman -- all the while afflicted by inner voices that arise out of what she has seen and what she has lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told in bold and lyrical language by an author who has already been called \"one of his generation's very finest novelists\" (Ron Rash, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Risen\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eGrace\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic coming-of-age novel and a poetic evocation of the Irish famine as it has never been written.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1977 and lives in Dublin. He was the chief film critic of Ireland's \u003ci\u003eSunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper from 2007-2011. He has written regularly for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e on film and has also written for the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIrish Daily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFilm Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRed Sky in Morning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53152379470131,"sku":"9780316316286","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/kOF0_dsGZm9780316316286.webp?v=1773989665","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/grace-paperback-5","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}