{"product_id":"listening-still-1","title":"Listening Still","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen All is Said\u003c\/i\u003e comes a delicious new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead - a talent which is both a gift and a curse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A wonderfully unexpected tale of love, death and everything in between' \u003cb\u003eGraham Norton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Outstanding . . . a powerful, moving novel' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Express \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Absorbing and heartwarming' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeanie Masterson has a gift: she can hear the recently dead and give voice to their final wishes and revelations. Inherited from her father, this gift has enabled the family undertakers to flourish in their small Irish town. Yet she has always been uneasy about censoring some of the dead's last messages to the living. Unsure, too, about the choice she made when she left school seventeen years ago: to stay or leave for a new life in London with her charismatic teenage sweetheart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  So when Jeanie's parents unexpectedly announce their plan to retire, she is jolted out of her limbo. In this captivating successor to her bestselling debut, Anne Griffin portrays a young woman who is torn between duty, a comfortable marriage and a role she both loves and hates and her last chance to break free, unaware she has not been alone in softening the truth for a long while.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stunning - a book that surpasses all expectations and thoroughly cements Anne Griffin's place on the short but venerable list of writers whose work is always a must-read. A delicately-hewn delight from first sentence to last.' \u003cb\u003eBilly O'Callaghan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully highlights the small, but important, moments of life and death' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA warm and funny read, full of lovely characters and poignant moments' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eTender, gentle and warm-hearted'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Best\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248526152024,"sku":"9781473683129","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781473683129.jpg?v=1765629019","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/listening-still-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}