{"product_id":"dirty-linen-martin-doyle-9781785375866","title":"Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartin Doyle, Books Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, his own, part of both the Linen Triangle - heartland of the North's defining industry - and the Murder Triangle - the Badlands devastated by paramilitary violence. He lifts the veil of silence drawn over the horrors of the past, recording in heartrending detail the terrible toll the conflict took - more than twenty violent deaths in a few square miles - and the long tail of trauma it has left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Neighbours and classmates who lost loved ones in the conflict, survivors maimed in bomb attacks and victims of sectarianism, both Catholic and Protestant, entrust Doyle with their stories. Writing with a literary sensibility, he skillfully shows how the once dominant local linen industry serves as a metaphor for communal division but also for the solidarity that transcended the sectarian divide. To those who might ask why you would want to reopen old wounds, the answer might be that some wounds have never been allowed to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1785375865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785375866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merrion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Martin Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48242133532927,"sku":"9781785375866","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72fff1d8-4fe8-4885-8d81-939dffb558a2.jpg?v=1772657730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dirty-linen-martin-doyle-9781785375866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}