{"product_id":"9781844883066","title":"Fallen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e by Lia Mills - a remarkable love story amidst the ruins of the First World War and the Easter Rising\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpring, 1915. Katie Crilly gets the news she dreaded: her beloved twin brother, Liam, has been killed on the Western Front. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA year later, when her home city of Dublin is suddenly engulfed in violence, Katie finds herself torn by conflicting emotions. Taking refuge in the home of a friend, she meets Hubie Wilson, a friend of Liam's from the Front. There unfolds a remarkable encounter between two young people, both wounded and both trying to imagine a new life. Lia Mills has written a novel that can stand alongside the works of Sebastian Faulks, Pat Barker and Louisa Young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSELECTED AS THE 2016 'ONE CITY ONE BOOK' TITLE FOR BOTH DUBLN AND BELFAST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lia Mills writes superbly about the human heart. This is an historical story with an urgency that is completely modern: \u003ci\u003eFallen\u003c\/i\u003e is shot through with the pleasure and the difficulty of being alive' Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eTremendously passionate, vivid and humane\u003c\/b\u003e ... Mills has an exquisite eye for the telling image' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing\u003c\/b\u003e ... Mills is a fine storyteller' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid\u003c\/b\u003e ... a careful study of how grief, oppression, violence and, above all, the imperative to follow orders can blight people's lives' \u003ci\u003eIrish Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful\u003c\/b\u003e ... Katie is a brilliantly realised heroine ... humane and compelling' \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[An] intelligent, \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written \u003c\/b\u003etale of ordinary people in troubled times' \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181990396144,"sku":"9781844883066","price":12.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781844883066_p0.jpg?v=1763744498","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844883066","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}