{"product_id":"the-coast-road-irish-book-awards-winner-a-gripping-literary-drama-about-womens-lives-in-1990s-ireland","title":"The Coast Road: Irish Book Awards Winner – A Gripping Literary Drama About Women's Lives in 1990s Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Irish Book Awards Newcomer of the Year 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the John McGahern Annual Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA poignant debut novel and work of Irish literary fiction about the lives of women in a claustrophobic coast town and the search for independence in a society that seeks to limit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Murrin powerfully renders the ways that women’s freedom, individuality, and self-expression are stifled by religion, custom, and gossip.”—The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A painful, gorgeous debut.”—Elle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in 1990s Ireland,  The Coast Road  tells the story of two women—Izzy Keaveney, a housewife, and Colette Crowley, a poet. Colette has left her husband and sons for a married man in Dublin. When she returns to her home in County Donegal to try to pick up the pieces of her old life, her husband, Shaun, a successful businessman, denies her access to her children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe only way she can see them is with the help of neighbour Izzy, acting as a go-between. Izzy also feels caught in a troubled marriage. The complex female friendship that develops between them in this powerful domestic drama will ultimately lead to tragedy for one, and freedom for the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAddictive as  Big Little Lies  with a depth and compassion that rivals the works of Claire Keegan, Elizabeth Strout, and Colm Tóibín,  The Coast Road  is a story about the limits placed on women’s lives in Ireland only a generation ago, and the consequences women have suffered trying to gain independence. Award-winning Irish author Alan Murrin reminds us of the price we are forced to pay to find freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52903823737119,"sku":"A2170","price":5.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/0546\/5119\/files\/91WRTI9o9OL._SY1500.jpg?v=1791789523","url":"https:\/\/lumobook.store\/products\/the-coast-road-irish-book-awards-winner-a-gripping-literary-drama-about-womens-lives-in-1990s-ireland","provider":"LumoBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}