{"product_id":"time-to-talk-1","title":"Time to Talk","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e‘There’s great power in talking, but there’s greater power in laughing. Even the best doctor in the world would be hard pushed to find a treatment with better medicinal properties than a good laugh. This is why you can’t beat the wit of real-life Irish stories and why I have filled this book with various incidents that occurred throughout my family’s lives – some humorous, some poignant, some heartbreaking – but each one of them is the God’s honest truth. I hope the stories in this book will entertain you and distract you from your troubles for a bit.’ Michael Healy-Rae\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe biggest regret of Michael Healy-Rae’s life was a time he didn’t talk when somebody needed him the most. After that, he vowed to never stop talking, listening and trying to really \u003cem\u003ehear\u003c\/em\u003e what people were saying.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn his first book, which is neither political nor a memoir, Michael celebrates the power of talk to forge real human connections and sustain us. In a collection of true stories that are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant and sometimes heartbreaking, he follows in the tradition of the great Kerry storytellers with a collection that truly captures the heartbeat of rural Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eThrough tales that are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, sometimes heart-breaking, but always true, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; min-height: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003eTime to Talk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e follows in the tradition of the great Kerry storytellers, capturing the real heartbeat of rural Ireland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55161215943043,"sku":"9780717186433","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/47aedadf7512c60f7dc0a1d980a02c94.jpg?v=1741936244","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/time-to-talk-1","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}