{"title":"Liz Mcmanus","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"when-things-come-to-light-book-liz-mcmanus-9781851322909","title":"When Things Come to Light","description":"Although Liz McManus never knew her maternal grandparents, by using old family papers, she has pieced together their story. Wallace and Margaret McKay are Unitarian by birth and republican by conviction. It is the start of the twentieth century and hopes for Irish independence are growing. Wallace's job takes the young couple and their children to North East India, to the tea gardens of Assam, where, before too long, tragedy strikes. Set in two continents, this is a story about an idealistic couple for whom the new Irish Free State, increasingly dominated by the Catholic Church, becomes an alien place. Even within the family, ruptures are caused, so deep they cannot be breached.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49557502001425,"sku":"GOR013083962","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49585627037969,"sku":"GOR013153349","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50450254987537,"sku":"GOR013036009","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52778708599057,"sku":"NIN9781851322909","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1851322906.jpg?v=1761391335"},{"product_id":"shadow-in-the-yard-book-liz-mcmanus-9781781999165","title":"A Shadow in the Yard","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49641813410065,"sku":"GOR009160916","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49994681843985,"sku":"GOR012662925","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1781999163.jpg?v=1751422003"},{"product_id":"shadow-in-the-yard-book-liz-mcmanus-9781781999363","title":"A Shadow in the Yard","description":"When a swan lands in the yard of Rosaleen McAvady's home on Lough Swilly, it is trapped by its narrow confines and cannot escape. She asks her elderly neighbour, Tom Mundy, for help, and unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have far-reaching repercussions. After a brief career as an architect, Rosaleen has settled for marriage and children. Life is secure and predictable, but she now finds herself longing to stretch her wings. Dramatic political upheaval in Northern Ireland soon casts its shadow and, though such events seem to have no relevance to her life, Rosaleen realizes that, beneath the placid surface of her world, violence and betrayal threaten all she holds dear. Like the swan in the yard, can she hope for escape or must she be trapped forever? 'This is a book to be read with care as well as pleasure. She has packed so many of our 20th century Irish problems into it that at moments you become breathless with anxiety. However, she has an optimism in her writing that is infectious and makes you turn the pages with pleasure.' Jennifer Johnston","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49658188857617,"sku":"GOR006736899","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49659683569937,"sku":"GOR007016697","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52754672386321,"sku":"NIN9781781999363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53585683382545,"sku":"GOR009084472","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1781999368.jpg?v=1751449520"},{"product_id":"when-things-come-to-light-rare-book-liz-mcmanus-1729866546dpb","title":"When Things Come to Light","description":"2023. No Edition Remarks. 208 pages. Signed by the author. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Signed by the author with dedication to title page. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defe","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51239592263953,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51239594885393,"sku":"1729866546DPB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1729866546DPB_1.jpg?v=1741077810"},{"product_id":"may-morton-book-liz-mcmanus-9781851323654","title":"May Morton","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53402481721617,"sku":"GOR014906303","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781851323654.jpg?v=1776113676"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-liz-mcmanus.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}