{"product_id":"pack-up-the-moon-9781416553090","title":"Pack Up the Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHERE'S A BIG LIFE AHEAD OF HER. \u003cbr\u003e CAN SHE FIND THE COURAGE TO LIVE IT?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emma is twenty-six -- pretty, intelligent, and happily living with her childhood sweetheart John in a cute little Dublin apartment. Her biggest problem is that her mother won't stop nagging her to get married already. Emma and John feel like the perfect couple, their future alive with possibilities. But out of the blue, a tragedy throws her life into disarray -- and Emma is suddenly, incomprehensibly, alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As she emerges from grief, Emma has to find a whole new way of living, and her loyal friends rally round in an attempt to help. Clodagh, Emma's lifelong friend, with whom she's shared everything from mud pies to dating disasters. Anne and Richard, more-or-less happily married and debating a move to the country. Emma's brother Noel, the young Catholic priest, finding his own faith tested even as he tries to comfort Emma. Se n, the gorgeous bad boy of a thousand one-night stands, uncomfortably aware of his and Emma's growing connection. Witty, acerbic, and sometimes downright shocking, Emma documents the stories of her friends and her own recovery from grief with a candor that engages the reader from the very first page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an amazing insight into the power of friendship and a wry, irreverent humor that considers no subject off-limits, talented new Irish writer Anna McPartlin tells a heartwarming story of the courage it takes to move past loss and learn to live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416553090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.36w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2007 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2008 pg. 63 - Very Good\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anna McPartlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649860268188,"sku":"9781416553090","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_57058307-10a8-4d80-ab71-a6f743c32387.jpg?v=1603873889","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pack-up-the-moon-9781416553090","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}