{"product_id":"the-lonely-passion-of-judith-hearne-9781590173497","title":"The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's \u003cb\u003e\"1,000 Books to Read Before You Die\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis underrated classic of contemporary Irish literature tells the \"utterly transfixing\" story of a lonely, poverty-stricken spinster in 1950s Belfast (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudith Hearne is an unmarried woman of a certain age who has come down in society. She has few skills and is full of the prejudices and pieties of her genteel Belfast upbringing. But Judith has a secret life. And she is just one heartbreak away from revealing it to the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed by Graham Greene, Thomas Flanagan, and Harper Lee alike, \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Seldom in modern fiction has any character been revealed so completely or been made to seem so poignantly real.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590173497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.08w x 0.59d","brand":"Brian Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935618076853,"sku":"9781590173497","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_24d30c1e-42c5-48e0-9f06-f051d4ebce6d.jpg?v=1688490661","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lonely-passion-of-judith-hearne-9781590173497","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}