{"title":"Niamh Mulvey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Niamh Mulvey's works such as \u003cem\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/em\u003e, readers encounter rich, emotionally charged storytelling grounded in contemporary life. Her narratives delve into the complexities of relationships and personal growth, crafting characters that resonate with authenticity and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMulvey’s writing captures the subtle tensions and heartfelt moments that shape our everyday experiences. Those who appreciate thoughtful general fiction will find her books compelling explorations of love, identity, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hearts-and-bones-by-niamh-mulvey-9781529079937","title":"Hearts and Bones","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about relationships. It explores what love does to us, and how we survive it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman learns to wield her power, leaving casualties in her wake, while a man from a small town finds solace in a strange new hobby. A watchful child feels a breaking point approach as her mother struggles to keep her life on track, and another daughter steps onto a stage while her family in the audience hope that she is strong enough now to take on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst-time lovers make mistakes, brothers and sisters try to forgive one another, and parents struggle and fail and struggle again. Teenage souls are swayed by euphoric faith in a higher power and then by devotion to desire, trapped between different notions of what might be true. Quiet revolutions happen in living rooms, on river banks, in packed pubs, and empty churches, and years later we wonder why we ever did the things we did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet between Ireland and London in the first two decades of this millennium, the stories in \u003cem\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, Niamh Mulvey's debut collection, look at the changes that have torn through these times and ask who we are now that we've brought the old gods down. Witty, sharply observed, and deeply moving, these ten stories announce an extraordinary new Irish literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Vivid, memorable and beautifully crafted'\u003c\/em\u003e - Sarah Moss, author of \u003cem\u003eSummerwater\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'A brilliant collection, from a remarkable talent'\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph O'Connor, author of \u003cem\u003eShadowplay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Honest, daringly fresh and stunningly written, these stories cut right to the very essence of what it means to be young'\u003c\/em\u003e - Jan Carson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Raptures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242276499692,"sku":"9781529079937","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529079937-hearts-and-bones-1.jpg?v=1787969960"},{"product_id":"hearts-and-bones-by-niamh-mulvey-9781529079920","title":"Hearts and Bones","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these eleven stories, friendships strain, families break apart, love fades, love warps, and love endures. Moving between Ireland, London, and the South of France, from the turn of the century to the present day, Niamh Mulvey asks in \u003cem\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/em\u003e who we are now that we've brought the old gods down. Each of the stories is pulsing with vitality, immediacy, and humanity. From the first page, when we're introduced to a tense, charged mother-daughter reunion, the characters grab you by the heart and don't let you go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWitty, sharply observed, and often terribly moving, \u003cem\u003eHearts and Bones\u003c\/em\u003e is the announcement of an extraordinary new Irish literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242276597996,"sku":"9781529079920","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529079920-hearts-and-bones-1.jpg?v=1787969972"},{"product_id":"the-amendments-by-niamh-mulvey-9781529079869","title":"The Amendments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtraordinary. I loved it\u003c\/em\u003e - Jessie Burton, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Miniaturist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngrossing and moving . . . gives voice to so much that's unspoken about Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e - Emma Donoghue, author of \u003cem\u003eRoom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWonderfully compelling . . . haunting\u003c\/em\u003e - Joseph O'Connor, author of \u003cem\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into the lives of three generations of women, \u003cem\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/em\u003e by Niamh Mulvey is an extraordinary novel about love and freedom, belonging and rebellion - and about how our past is a vital presence which sits alongside us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it's the start of a new life. For Nell, it's the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist's office. Because she can't go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before, and now she can hardly bring herself to speak to her own mother, let alone return home to Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNell is running out of places to hide from her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut to Ireland and the past is where she must go, and that is where \u003cem\u003eThe Amendments\u003c\/em\u003e takes us: to the heat of Nell's teenage years in the early 2000s, as Ireland was unpicking itself from its faith and embracing the hedonism of the Celtic Tiger. To 1983, when Nell's mother Dolores was grappling with the tensions of the women's rights movement. And then to the farms and suburbs and towns that made and unmade the lives at the centre of this story, bound together by the terrible secret that Nell still cannot face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by the Irish Independent, the Irish Times, the Irish Journal and VIP as one of the most anticipated novels of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244467466476,"sku":"9781529079869","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529079869-the-amendments-1.jpg?v=1787997562"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/niamh-mulvey.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}