{"product_id":"country-girl-edna-obrien-9780316122719","title":"Country Girl","description":"\"Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life.\"-National Public Radio \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Edna O'Brien's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Country Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starting 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich and heady accounting of the events, people, emotions, and landscape that have imprinted upon and enhanced one lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edna O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316122718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316122719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014 pg. 60","brand":"Edna O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995518435583,"sku":"9780316122719","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c10b1c9c-b165-466a-9e58-bd3a7c4df593.jpg?v=1683336274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/country-girl-edna-obrien-9780316122719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}