{"product_id":"old-romantics-9781771966610","title":"Old Romantics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award - Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards \u003cem\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/em\u003e Newcomer of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike Dubliners, if Dubliners were \"Cat Person\" as a feminist mock-epic about a writer's coming of age--and every Dubliner was named Margaret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman pursues the man who cut ahead of her in line. Two nice people report that a child has been left unsupervised at a local beach. Romances, old and new, shift and sour. Following Maggie Armstrong's intrepid hero, Margaret, through first love, first bad date, first job, first extremely bad date, and on into midlife and its attendant disillusionment and revelations, \u003cem\u003eOld Romantics\u003c\/em\u003e is an acutely observed and hideously entertaining collection of linked short stories from an astonishing new talent. Endearingly flawed and perilously honest, Armstrong's characters navigate a world of awkward expectation and latent hostility with piercing insight and indelible wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaggie Armstrong\u003c\/strong\u003e's work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eDublin Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBanshee\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Dublin. \u003cem\u003eOld Romantics\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185416241426,"sku":"9781771966610","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ac230f3-5a5c-45e5-91bf-ab2961606a7c.jpg?v=1744584400","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-romantics-9781771966610","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}