{"product_id":"the-raptures-original-and-exciting-terrifying-and-hilarious-sunday-times-ireland-9781804990841","title":"The Raptures: 'Original and exciting, terrifying and hilarious' Sunday Times Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Raptures is a novel by Lucy Caldwell that explores how tragedy can unite a small community and tear it apart. It is set in Ballylack, and follows Hannah Adger as she remains healthy while her friends are struck down by a mysterious illness. The village is thrown into conflict and fearful disarray, and long-buried secrets threaten to emerge. The novel is darkly funny, highly inventive, and deeply moving, and is an unmissable novel of 2022. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 05 January 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Transworld Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen several children from the same village start succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause has devastating and extraordinary consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsolutely MAGNIFICENT: dark, witty, charming. I LOVED it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtterly absorbing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLISA MCINERNEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeart-rending, hilarious. . . it's a belter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlistering...glorious...written from the guts and from the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLUCY CALDWELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn original and exciting work that's equal parts terrifying, hilarious and memorable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is late June in Ballylack. Hannah Adger anticipates eight long weeks of reprieve from school, but when her classmate Ross succumbs to a violent and mysterious illness, it marks the beginning of a summer like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs others fall ill, questions about what - or who - is responsible pitch the village into conflict and fearful disarray. Hannah is haunted by guilt as she remains healthy while her friends are struck down. Isolated and afraid, she prays for help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere in the village, tempers simmer, panic escalates, and long-buried secrets threaten to emerge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBursting with Carson's trademark wit, profound empathy, and soaring imagination, The Raptures explores how tragedy can unite a small community - and tear it apart. At its heart is the extraordinary resilience of one young girl. As the world crumbles around her, she must find the courage to be different in a place where conforming feels like the only option available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkly funny, highly inventive, and deeply moving, The Raptures is an unmissable novel of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 236g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 198 x 36 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781804990841\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jan Carson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44105425289466,"sku":"9781804990841","price":8.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1673614418907_book.jpg?v=1673941822","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-raptures-original-and-exciting-terrifying-and-hilarious-sunday-times-ireland-9781804990841","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}