{"product_id":"home-scar-book-kathleen-macmahon-9781844885992","title":"The Home Scar","description":"\"MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity, conjuring real and complex people straight off the page ... subtle and authentic\" - Claire Fuller   On opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives around work, intent on ignoring their painful past.  When 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.  Confronted 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.  The Home Scar is a luminous and precise story about the inheritance of loss and the possibility of finally making peace with it. _________  \"Her beautifully simple style belies psychological complexity ... and her tone is wryly accepting\" - Big Issue   \"Quiet and bleakly beautiful ... like the siblings and Ireland, it will leave a permanent mark on those who venture into its depths\" - Buzz   \"Picks at the wounds only a mother can inflict ... ambitious ... intricate\" - Sunday Independent   \"An exceptional novel about a brother and sister returning to the west of Ireland and to a summer of their past.\" - Anne Griffin, Sunday Independent   \"A powerful story about legacy and loss and the possibility of reconciliation\" - Irish Times","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533142728977,"sku":"GOR012971811","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49660390113553,"sku":"GOR013736655","price":12.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49745057415441,"sku":"NGR9781844885992","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49780442136849,"sku":"GOR013088297","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50233550405905,"sku":"CIN1844885992G","price":9.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1844885992.jpg?v=1751379116","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/home-scar-book-kathleen-macmahon-9781844885992","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}