{"product_id":"una-mannion-tell-me-what-i-am-2024-paperback","title":"Una Mannion: Tell Me What I Am [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful, haunting.' LOUISE KENNEDY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vividly real . . . There's love here as well as pain.' MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sure-footed and emotionally complex novel . . . absorbing.' \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I loved it.' LIZ NUGENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease don't hang up. I don't know if you remember. You used to live with me. You and your mother.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuby lives with her father in an old farmhouse at the end of a dirt road. He teaches her to hunt, to forage for mushrooms, to gut a fish. She learns to tiptoe around his temper - and never to ask about her absent mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuby has no idea that, hundreds of miles away, a woman she barely remembers is desperate to answer those same questions.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaptivating, tender and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eTell Me What I Am\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable portrait of the indelible bonds of family - and how far we will go for the ones we love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Haunting and deeply moving.' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Propulsive and richly atmospheric.' \u003ci\u003eIRISH INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An engrossing, deftly-told story with an aching secret at its heart, this is a profoundly moving novel of family and women standing strong together.' LISA BALLANTYNE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharp, poignant, thrilling and moving.' CHRIS WHITAKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling . . . Mannion writes with a lyrical economy that stands out, and always shows a deep empathy for her well-drawn characters.' \u003ci\u003eIRISH EXAMINER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wrenching portrait of the umbilical bond between mother and child and, more powerfully still, an icily persuasive account of the subtle dark arts of male coercion and abuse.' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT READERS ARE SAYING:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliantly told story, engrossing, with love, pain, heartbreak and darkness. The characterisation was excellent and the plot was moving and gently woven.' 5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I raced through... Well-written, incredibly tense and chilling in parts.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book to savour and appreciate as well as enjoy.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is such a powerful story of love and family. It kept me awake desperate to find out what had happened to affect them all so badly.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a beautifully written novel with powerfully drawn characters.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Had me hooked... Loved it.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wow what a book!' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5* reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Una Mannion's first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Crooked Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, is available now**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mannion, Una","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48850275270995,"sku":"9780571358793","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51891542557011,"sku":"XG80571358793","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49765043962195,"sku":"XV80571358793","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mannion-una-una-mannion-tell-me-what-i-am-2024-paperback-59948333039955.jpg?v=1757925987","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/una-mannion-tell-me-what-i-am-2024-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}