{"product_id":"this-boys-heart-1","title":"This Boy's Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Creedon is a renowned storyteller. Following on\r\n from the sensational success of \u003cem\u003eAn Irish Folklore Treasury\u003c\/em\u003e, here he\r\n seeks to capture the folklore of his own childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Boy’s Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is set in a\r\n city-centre household bursting with humanity, with a cast of a dozen children\r\n and another dozen adults, including beloved aunts, an American writer, an\r\n African doctor and a Scottish bookie. The streets outside are teeming with\r\n brewery horses, Christian Brothers, beat clubs, dance halls, a Turkish Delight\r\n shop -- and a pub where a child could sit up on a high stool and smoke his\r\n cigarette in peace. Summers are spent farmed out to friends and family in the\r\n countryside, with hilarious tales of donkey derbies and cow chases. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSet in wildly contrasting worlds — from urban exotica\r\n to spacious meadows, from the classroom of fifty boys to the open road — these\r\n stories of friendship, fun, family and folklore take you on a heart-warming\r\n journey into an Irish childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nThe growing pains of boyhood set against the backdrop of a lost Ireland — a new collection of personal folklore from the bestselling, beloved broadcaster, John Creedon.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58449401381251,"sku":"9781804586174","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/f3590b189d1583f2ff2ef964a8339e70.jpg?v=1783952179","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/this-boys-heart-1","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}