{"product_id":"the-home-scar-von-kathleen-macmahon","title":"The Home Scar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity, conjuring real and complex people straight off the page ... subtle and authentic\" - Claire Fuller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a dramatic storm in Galway hits the headlines, they're drawn back there to revisit a glorious childhood summer, the last before their mother died. But their journey uncovers memories of a far less happy summer - one that had tragic consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronted with the havoc their mother left in her wake, Cassie and Christo are forced to face their past and - ready or not - to deal with the messy tangle of parental love and neglect that shaped them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Home Scar\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it.\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her beautifully simple style belies psychological complexity ... and her tone is wryly accepting\" - \u003ci\u003eBig Issue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quiet and bleakly beautiful ... like the siblings and Ireland, it will leave a permanent mark on those who venture into its depths\" - \u003ci\u003eBuzz \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Picks at the wounds only a mother can inflict ... ambitious ... intricate\" - \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptional novel about a brother and sister returning to the west of Ireland and to a summer of their past.\" - Anne Griffin, \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful story about legacy and loss and the possibility of reconciliation\" - \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780241995433\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780241995433","offer_id":47141355389253,"sku":"9780241995433","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/31b3fc5e-a9f6-4873-82ac-5d4fc70dd690.jpg?v=1780113957","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-home-scar-von-kathleen-macmahon","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}