{"product_id":"9781843516484","title":"Fathers Come First","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book has everything: nuns, sex, confusion, mini skirts, drink, misogyny.\" - Shane McGowan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRosita Sweeman's \u003cem\u003eFathers Come First \u003c\/em\u003eis a coming-of-age classic set against a Dublin-city backdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth is both daring and subversive, grappling with the pressures of conforming to societal expectations in 70s Ireland - social, physical and sexual. In a world informed by a Catholic upbringing, she wonders whether her indiscretions belong in the letterbox or the confession box. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurious, unflinching and disarmingly honest, teenager turned twenty-something Lizzie speaks to the changes and continuities in Irish society across forty years. This is a novel as relevant today as when it was first published in 1974. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lilliput Press, Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135941099760,"sku":"9781843516484","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781843516484_p0.jpg?v=1769894121","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781843516484","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}