{"product_id":"on-canaans-side-9780143122180","title":"On Canaan's Side","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize, a mesmerizing new novel from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOld God's Time \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA first-person narrative of Lilly Bere's life, \u003ci\u003eOn Canaan's Side\u003c\/i\u003e opens as the eighty-five-year-old Irish émigré mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. Lilly, the daughter of a Dublin policeman, revisits her eventful past, going back to the moment she was forced to flee Ireland at the end of the First World War. She continues her tale in America, where--far from her family--she first tastes the sweetness of love and the bitterness of betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning nearly seven decades, Sebastian Barry's extraordinary fifth novel explores memory, war, family ties, love, and loss, distilling the complexity and beauty of life into his haunting prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143122180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.14w x 1.10d","brand":"Sebastian Barry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180561825973,"sku":"9780143122180","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a1f5e79f-67be-458d-9bb8-f19261fadc88.jpg?v=1697515910","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-canaans-side-9780143122180","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}