{"product_id":"old-romantics-paperback","title":"Old Romantics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158258712639,"sku":"9781771966610","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c-nNJFwSsR9781771966610.webp?v=1776988258","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/old-romantics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}