{"title":"Series: The Country Girls Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Country Girls Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rich exploration of youthful spirit and personal growth set against the backdrop of rural life. Readers can expect a thoughtful journey through themes of friendship, identity, and the search for belonging, conveyed with a delicate blend of humour and poignancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis series invites you to experience the nuances of everyday life and emotional discovery, making it a compelling choice for those who appreciate reflective, character-driven storytelling grounded in the rhythms of the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-country-girls-by-edna-obrien-9780571399291","title":"The Country Girls","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe taboo-breaking, the fabulous prose—there's no one like Edna O'Brien.\u003c\/strong\u003e Anne Enright  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSurprising and beautiful and courageous . . . A beacon.\u003c\/strong\u003e Megan Nolan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe want to live. Drink gin. Squeeze into the front of big cars and drive up outside big hotels. We want to go places.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaithleen is a romantic: she dreams of finding a handsome man who will sweep her away and look after her. Her friend Baba thinks this makes her a right-looking eejit. What she wants is money and glamour. Life. As much of it as she can get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut neither love nor excitement seem possible in their small village, or their convent school. And when they finally make it to Dublin, they find that home isn't as easy to escape as they thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first novel in Edna O'Brien's trilogy which revolutionised Irish literature in the 1960s. Banned 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48022076752108,"sku":"9780571399291","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571399291-the-country-girls.gif?v=1785288129"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-the-country-girls-trilogy.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}