{"product_id":"grass-ceiling","title":"Ryan Eimear: The Grass Ceiling [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting' Ciaran Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien. Playing with other girls or women means you have to accept smaller audiences, diminished status and - for professionals - lower pay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what if, as is the case for camogie player Eimear Ryan, your sport has a completely different name when women play it? What if you don't feel entirely comfortable in an all-female sporting environment because you're shy, bookish, not really one of the girls?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Grass Ceiling, \u003c\/i\u003eacclaimed novelist Eimear Ryan digs deep into the confluence of gender and sport, and all the questions it throws up about identity, status, competition and self-expression. At a time when women's sport is on the rise but still a long way from equality, it is a sharp, nuanced and heartfelt exploration of questions that affect everyone who loves sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for The Grass Ceiling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA gorgeous memoir about a life lived in sport, specifically a female, Irish rural life. I read it in two sittings.' Malachy Clerkin, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A love letter to the GAA and a diatribe against the idea sport is not for women' Kathleen McNamee, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant ... Ryan's bold and deep search into so many of those internalised questions provides a fascinating collage of emotional detail' Christy O'Connor, \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyrical, urgent, wise and bracing' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryan, Eimear","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47747147039059,"sku":"9781844885336","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53094934577491,"sku":"XE81844885336","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/ryan-eimear-ryan-eimear-the-grass-ceiling-2024-paperback-1222128705.jpg?v=1771858629","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/grass-ceiling","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}