{"product_id":"this-boys-heart-9781804580486","title":"This Boys Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Creedon is a renowned storyteller. Following on from the sensational success of \u003cem\u003eAn Irish Folklore Treasury\u003c\/em\u003e, here he seeks to capture the folklore of his own childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Boy's Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is set in a city-centre household bursting with humanity, with a cast of a dozen children and another dozen adults, including beloved aunts, an American writer, an African doctor and a Scottish bookie. The streets outside are teeming with brewery horses, Christian Brothers, beat clubs, dance halls, a Turkish Delight shop -- and a pub where a child could sit up on a high stool and smoke his cigarette in peace. Summers are spent farmed out to friends and family in the countryside, with hilarious tales of donkey derbies and cow chases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in wildly contrasting worlds  from urban exotica to spacious meadows, from the classroom of fifty boys to the open road  these stories of friendship, fun, family and folklore take you on a heart-warming journey into an Irish childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thing of beauty. I adored it. Full of heart and warmth and humour, this is a book to lift your spirits.' \u003cstrong\u003eDonal Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020583010647,"sku":"9781804580486","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781804580486.jpg?v=1750783809","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-boys-heart-9781804580486","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}