{"product_id":"multitudes-stories-paperback","title":"Multitudes: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucy Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Irish Times Best Irish Book of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Belfast to London and back again, the eleven stories in Lucy Caldwell's acclaimed first collection chronicle the heartache, joy, and tenderness of growing up.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Caldwell] holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.\" --Eimear McBride, author of \u003ci\u003eThe City Changes Its Face\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lesser Bohemians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith lives caught in the suspense of transition--between city and country; between the crowd and the out; between home and escape; between love and loneliness--\u003ci\u003eMultitudes\u003c\/i\u003e culminates with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story, as a young woman goes through her first labour and the traumatic days that follow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply affecting, intimate and yet resonant, these are stories that squeeze right into the fractures that end up shaping the course of lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Belfast in 1981, \u003cb\u003eLucy Caldwell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels, several stage plays and radio dramas, and three previous collections of short stories. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018, she was also the editor of \u003ci\u003eBeing Various: New Irish Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e in 2019, and has won the E. M. Forster Award, from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Walter Scott Prize among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48480801915129,"sku":"9780571313518","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NJfr5DnYLO9780571313518.webp?v=1780523534","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/multitudes-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}