{"title":"Louise Kennedy","description":"Louise Kennedy grew up near Belfast. She has written for The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4, and she is also the author of a collection of short stories, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years. She lives in Sligo, Ireland.","products":[{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-world-is-a-cul-de-sac-stories-paperback","title":"The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, dark stories of women's lives by \"a very major talent\" (Joseph O\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eConnor, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTrespasses\u003c\/i\u003e, women's lives are etched by poverty--material, emotional, sexual--but also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards they've been dealt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An expectant mother's worst fears about her husband's entanglement with a teenage girl are confirmed. A sister is tormented by visions of the man her brother murdered during the Troubles. A woman struggles to forgive herself after an abortion threatens to destroy her marriage. Plumbing the depths of intimacy, violence, and redemption, these stories are \"dazzling, heartbreaking . . . keen to share the lessons of a lifetime\" (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103693902047,"sku":"9780593540930","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SyC2cjq8qb9780593540930.webp?v=1781097454"},{"product_id":"trespasses-paperback","title":"Trespasses - Paperback","description":"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104877416671,"sku":"9780593540909","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JBPqtIZLeb9780593540909.webp?v=1781111505"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/louise-kennedy.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}