{"product_id":"rory-and-ita","title":"Rory and Ita","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRory and Ita, Roddy Doyle's first non-fiction book, tells - largely in their own words - the story of his parents' lives from their first memories to the present.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1923 and 1925 respectively, they met at a New Year's Eve dance in 1947 and married in 1951. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods - the people (aunts, cousins, shopkeepers, friends, teachers), the politics (both came from Republican families), idyllic times in the Wexford countryside for Ita, Rory's apprenticeship as a printer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIta's mother died when she was three ('the only memory I have is of her hands, doing things'); Rory was the oldest of nine children, five of them girls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roddy Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43253015216297,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/rory-ita.webp?v=1696127247","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/rory-and-ita","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}