{"product_id":"fallen-5","title":"Fallen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e by Lia Mills - a remarkable love story amidst the ruins of the First World War and the Easter Rising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED AS THE 2016 'ONE CITY ONE BOOK' TITLE FOR BOTH DUBLIN AND BELFAST\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpring, 1915. Katie Crilly gets the news she dreaded: her beloved twin brother, Liam, has been killed on the Western Front. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA year later, when her home city of Dublin is suddenly engulfed by the violence of the Easter Rising, Katie finds herself torn by conflicting emotions and loyalties. Taking refuge in the home of a friend, she meets Hubie Wilson, a friend of Liam's from the Front. There unfolds a remarkable encounter between two young people, both wounded and both trying to imagine a new life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eLia Mills writes superbly about the human heart.\u003c\/b\u003e This is an historical story with an urgency that is completely modern: \u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e is shot through with the pleasure and the difficulty of being alive' Anne Enright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ehugely evocative and skilful\u003c\/b\u003e novel' Kevin Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eTremendously passionate, vivid and humane\u003c\/b\u003e ... Mills has an exquisite eye for the telling image' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing\u003c\/b\u003e ... Mills is a fine storyteller' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid\u003c\/b\u003e ... a careful study of how grief, oppression, violence and, above all, the imperative to follow orders can blight people's lives' \u003ci\u003eIrish Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful\u003c\/b\u003e ... Katie is a brilliantly realised heroine ... humane and compelling' \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[An] intelligent, \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written \u003c\/b\u003etale of ordinary people in troubled times' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32033501347923,"sku":"","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241964729.jpg?v=1764862239","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fallen-5","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}