{"product_id":"the-country-girls-trilogy","title":"The Country Girls Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdna O'Brien's beloved classics plunge us into the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland (with a new foreword by Eimear McBride). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaithleen 'Kate' Brady and Bridget 'Baba' Brennan are growing up in a repressive Irish village after World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate is a romantic, looking for love; Baba is a reckless survivor. After being expelled from convent school, they dream of the bright lights of Dublin - and are rewarded with bad luck and bad sex; marry for the wrong reasons; but continue to fight the expectations forced upon 'girls' of every era to become brave new women. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdna O'Brien's debut novels revolutionised Irish literature in the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eBanned by the authorities as 'indecent' and burned by the clergy, they were notorious for their frank portrayal of sexual desire: but scandal turned to fame, and made this glorious coming-of-age tale an instant classic that inspires and delights readers to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book includes: \u003cem\u003eThe Country Girls, The Lonely Girl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGirls in their Married Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Edna O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45489414144257,"sku":"9780571352906","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1151.png?v=1723038903","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-country-girls-trilogy","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}