{"product_id":"from-scenes-like-these-9781035073566","title":"From Scenes Like These","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A masterpiece' - Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAn extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'It deserves its modern classic status' -\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories are opening.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Dunky Logan, a 15-year-old brought up in a tenement flat in working-class Kilcaddie, is ditching school to be a labourer on a local farm. Dead set on becoming a hard case, he wants to work shoulder to shoulder with so-called real men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrish Catholic Mary O'Donnell arrives at the farmhouse as the new maid. She is pregnant - no boyfriend in sight. But she's smart, and she has a plan to get herself up in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dunky is swallowed up by a vicious cycle of violence, betrayal, and booze, Mary becomes entangled in a savage family feud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow there's no going back, not for either of them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by James Robertson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781035073566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Gordon M. Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107769020597,"sku":"9781035073566","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_032350ac-b6bb-48b5-983d-711dc03cba4a.jpg?v=1765862248","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-scenes-like-these-9781035073566","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}