{"product_id":"this-boys-heart-john-creedon-9781804580486","title":"This Boy's Heart: Scenes from an Irish Childhood","description":"John Creedon is a renowned storyteller. Following on from the sensational success of \u003ci\u003eAn Irish Folklore Treasury\u003c\/i\u003e, here he seeks to capture the folklore of his own childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Boy's Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a city-center household bursting with humanity, with a cast of a dozen children and another dozen adults, including beloved aunts, an American writer, an African doctor and a Scottish bookie. The streets outside are teeming with brewery horses, Christian Brothers, beat clubs, dance halls, a Turkish Delight shop - and a pub where a child could sit up on a high stool and smoke his cigarette in peace. Summers are spent farmed out to friends and family in the countryside, with hilarious tales of donkey derbies and cow chases.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in wildly contrasting worlds - from urban exotica to spacious meadows, from the classroom of fifty boys to the open road - these stories of friendship, fun, family and folklore take you on a heart-warming journey into an Irish childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Creedon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804580481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804580486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"John Creedon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431540642047,"sku":"9781804580486","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_181064f6-9f91-4173-a658-a95813667d3f.jpg?v=1735141644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-boys-heart-john-creedon-9781804580486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}