{"product_id":"in-ordinary-time-fragments-of-a-family-history","title":"In Ordinary Time : Fragments of a Family History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1993, aged twenty, Carmel Mc Mahon left Ireland for New York, carrying two suitcases and a ton of unseen baggage. It took years, and a bitter struggle with alcohol addiction, to unpick the intricate traumas of her past and present.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eandid yet lyrical, \u003cem\u003eIn Ordinary Time\u003c\/em\u003e mines the ways that trauma reverberates through time and through individual lives, drawing connections to the events and rhythms of Ireland’s long Celtic, early Christian and Catholic history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom tragically lost siblings to the broader social scars of the Famine and the Magdalene Laundries, Mc Mahon sketches the evolution of a consciousness – from her conservative 1970s upbringing to 1990s New York, and back to the much-changed Ireland of today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carmel Mc Mahon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44830840389889,"sku":"9780715655184","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-901.png?v=1712757607","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/in-ordinary-time-fragments-of-a-family-history","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}