{"product_id":"the-quiet-whispers-never-stop-9781529373592","title":"The Quiet Whispers Never Stop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eIRISH EXAMINER \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BUTLER LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Touching and darkly beautiful' \u003ci\u003eIrish Sunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful, uncompromising' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly absorbing, a novel that keeps you guessing right to the end' Kit de Waal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1982. Northern Ireland. Nuala Malin is tied to a life she doesn't want by her daughter Sam and baby son PJ. An affair with a seventeen-year-old boy reminds her of a future she hasn't given up on, but it can't last, and when her chance to leave comes, she takes it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1994. If Sam Malin has a god then it is Kurt Cobain. Music is the only thing that brings her peace. She wants a life away from the North and its troubles, away from her da who can't talk about the past but seems stuck there, waiting for Sam's mother to return. A mother Sam barely knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEscape seems out of reach until Sam meets a jagged, magnetic older man, drawn to him in a way she can't yet comprehend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe falls for him, unable to say no. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSam is more like her mother than she knows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Murray Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529373592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Olivia Fitzsimons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43433856598197,"sku":"9781529373592","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4da8bfbf-d958-45b7-964a-d8a66ac32cc0.jpg?v=1703571091","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-quiet-whispers-never-stop-9781529373592","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}