{"product_id":"saving-st-brigids-regina-brigid-lane-9780992343347","title":"Saving St Brigid's","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the top of a hill in south-west Victoria, surrounded by rolling green hills that fall\u003cbr\u003e away to the Southern Ocean, sits a grand old red-brick church. For more than 150\u003cbr\u003e years, these fertile volcanic fields have sustained the largest rural population of Irish\u003cbr\u003e descent in Australia. Built and paid for by the children of potato-famine survivors, \u003cbr\u003e St Brigid's is a symbol of faith and hope in an ancient land, by a cold, wild sea.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 2009, the Catholic Church put the church and hall up for sale, against the wishes\u003cbr\u003e of the local community. What began as a small local issue soon became a national\u003cbr\u003e news story, in a battle that went all the way to Rome.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eSaving St Brigid's \u003c\/em\u003eis the truly unique story of a small Australian rural community who, \u003cbr\u003e in the spirit of their Irish rebel ancestors, stood up for what they believed in. Their\u003cbr\u003e fight for justice awakened the author to the richness of her Irish Catholic culture, \u003cbr\u003e and its lasting legacy on the community, and the Church, she grew up in. Through\u003cbr\u003e the lens of her Irish heritage and that of the local Indigenous people, she weaves\u003cbr\u003e together a lyrical narrative of song and story, and discovers just how much our\u003cbr\u003e ancestral traditions have to teach us if we are to transform the world we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Regina Brigid Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0992343348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780992343347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bridin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Regina Brigid Lane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48216529961215,"sku":"9780992343347","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8907989f-7521-4506-b9a7-4609692115c8.jpg?v=1771991615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saving-st-brigids-regina-brigid-lane-9780992343347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}