{"product_id":"other-peoples-lives","title":"Other People's Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A brilliantly observed, funny, poignant and utterly real portrait of a mid-life woman and her family. I loved it.’ \u003cb\u003eClaire Fuller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An elegant and beautifully-observed novel by one of our finest contemporary writers’ \u003cb\u003eLouise Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I found myself taking screenshots to send to friends because MacMahon nails it over and over again’ \u003cb\u003eClaire Kilroy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Marriage was the biggest decision of their lives and yet they made it so lightly it was barely a decision at all’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs schoolgirls, Justine and her best friend Iseult dreamed of a future that revolved around marriage. They saw it as a happy ending, never imagining for a moment that the reality would be more complicated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing up to fifty, they're still best friends. Justine has been married to Iseult’s brother for twenty-five years and lives in her childhood home. Iseult has spent her adult life abroad, her marriage clearly unhappy for reasons she won't discuss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Justine’s daughter suddenly announces her engagement, Justine is thrown into planning a big family wedding. Afraid that her daughter is making a mistake, she finds herself questioning the choices she and Iseult made decades earlier. This crisis of confidence tests Justine in new and unexpected ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Women’s Prize longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eNothing But Blue Sky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Home Scar\u003c\/i\u003e, Other People’s Lives is a captivating story about the decisions we make in a heartbeat, and their lifelong consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book to inhale’\u003cb\u003e Belinda McKeon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Warm-hearted and relatable, perfectly captures the messiness of modern family life'\u003cb\u003e Aingeala Flannery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘MacMahon is an astute chronicler of modern life’ \u003cb\u003eDavid Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tender-hearted portrait of modern life, told with MacMahon’s trademark wit and warmth. I flew through it’ \u003cb\u003eLouise Nealon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautiful’ \u003cb\u003eHilary Fannin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Incisive, witty and tender, there’s not a woman in the country who won’t relate to this fine and thought-provoking novel.’ \u003cb\u003eChristine Dwyer Hickey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thoughtful and provocative, a beautifully narrated story of friendship and marriage’ \u003cb\u003eAnna Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Simply exquisite. MacMahon is one of Ireland's finest writers.’\u003cb\u003e Anne Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Perceptive, tender, astute, beguiling’ \u003cb\u003eMartina Devlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I really and truly loved this tender, deeply satisfying novel’ \u003cb\u003eOrla Mackey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘So beautifully observed, so penetrating, so coolly aware of the texture of people’s lives.’ \u003cb\u003eNeil Hegarty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This wise, truthful novel explores brilliantly all the complexity of women's lives’ \u003cb\u003eAnne Tiernan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thought-provoking and utterly absorbing’ \u003cb\u003eSinéad Crowley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathleen MacMahon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56873649340681,"sku":"9781844886746","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/6181\/4281\/files\/otherpeoplelives.jpg?v=1773141369","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.ie\/products\/other-peoples-lives","provider":"Bookstation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}