{"product_id":"girl-in-the-making","title":"Girl in the Making","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the John McGahern Prize for Fiction 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e‘Best Fiction of 2024’ Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Captured in careful, accurate detail … a novel of concealment and shocking revelation. Fitzgerald has managed to create an unforgettable heroine and a dark picture of the world around her.’\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Devastating’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A gifted writer’\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e---\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Kennedy is a gentle, perceptive girl growing up in a very strange world: suburban Dublin in the 1970s and '80s. In the company of her mother, her Aunty Ida, and her little brother Baby John F., Jean experiences love and joy. But home is not a safe place, and Jean is unequal and unprotected. When she speaks just one small part of the truth, she must quickly learn to navigate the dangers and possibilities of a world she scarcely understands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean’s hypnotic, unsparing and ultimately hopeful voice captures the dreams and terrors of girlhood in a brutally hypocritical world, and offers glimpses of a better life. Through it all, Jean’s voice pulsates with insight and passion. \u003ci\u003eGirl in the Making \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply moving, propulsive coming-of-age story from a major new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Beautiful’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouise Nealon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAingeala Flannery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Masterful' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen MacMahon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Deeply moving and beautifully written … Fitzgerald’s prose has a crispness and a depth that surprises and delights’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Tender and perceptive … simply unforgettable’\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reminiscent of the work of Tessa Hadley and Elena Ferrante' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhiannon Lucy Cosslett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Devastating and superb'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Anna Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51768976539864,"sku":"9780241999349","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9780241999349.jpg?v=1780340045","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/fr\/products\/girl-in-the-making","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}