{"product_id":"intimacies-9780571353750","title":"Intimacies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Eleven perfect stories\" \u003ci\u003e(Irish Independent) \u003c\/i\u003ethat chart the steps and missteps of young women trying to find their place in the world, including the winner of the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Precise and beautifully controlled fictions but with strange, wild energies pulsing along just beneath the surface. A tremendous collection.\"\u003ci\u003e --\u003c\/i\u003eKevin Barry, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom a Belfast student ordering illegal drugs online to end an unwanted pregnancy to a young mother's brush with mortality; from a Christmas Eve walking the city centre streets when everything seems possible, to a night flight from Canada which could change a life irrevocably, these are stories of love, loss and exile, of new beginnings and lives lived away from \"home\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking in, too, the lives of other women who could be guiding lights - from Monica Lewinsky to Caroline Norton to Sinéad O'Connor - \u003ci\u003eIntimacies \u003c\/i\u003eoffers keenly felt and subtly revealing insights into the heartbreak and hope of young motherhood and modern life.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571353750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Lucy Caldwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273514803381,"sku":"9780571353750","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780571353750.jpg?v=1789486003","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/intimacies-9780571353750","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}