{"product_id":"a-history-of-loneliness-john-boyne","title":"A History of Loneliness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText1418551596350951952\"\u003ePropelled into the priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes that he is pledging his life to \"the good.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForty years later, Odran's devotion is caught in revelations that shatter the Irish people's faith in the Catholic Church. He sees his friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed, and grows nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insults. At one point, he is even arrested when he takes the hand of a young boy and leads him out of a department store looking for the boy's mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when a family event opens wounds from his past, he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within the church, and to recognize his own complicity in their propagation, within both the institution and his own family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel as intimate as it is universal, \u003cem\u003eA History of Loneliness\u003c\/em\u003e is about the stories we tell ourselves to make peace with our lives. It confirms Boyne as one of the most searching storytellers of his generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy has light scuffs on the edges of the covers and some light creases on the covers and spine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e9780552778435 \u003cspan class=\"Text Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: Paperback, 471 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003eBlack Swan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40889932611740,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/ahistoryofloneliness.jpg?v=1789453747","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/a-history-of-loneliness-john-boyne","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}