{"product_id":"the-lonely-passion-of-judith-hearne-new-york-review-books-classics","title":"The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of The Guardian’s “1,000 Books to Read Before You Die”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis underrated classic of contemporary Irish literature tells the “utterly transfixing” story of a lonely, poverty-stricken spinster in 1950s Belfast (The Boston Globe)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Hearne is an unmarried woman of a certain age who has come down in society. She has few skills and is full of the prejudices and pieties of her genteel Belfast upbringing. But Judith has a secret life. And she is just one heartbreak away from revealing it to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by Graham Greene, Thomas Flanagan, and Harper Lee alike, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is an unflinching and deeply sympathetic portrait of a woman destroyed by self and circumstance. First published in 1955, it marked Brian Moore as a major figure in English literature (he would go on to be short-listed three times for the Booker Prize) and established him as an astute chronicler of the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Seldom in modern fiction has any character been revealed so completely or been made to seem so poignantly real.” —The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brian Moore, Mary Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45209004343465,"sku":"9781590173497","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781590173497.jpg?v=1738805347","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-lonely-passion-of-judith-hearne-new-york-review-books-classics","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}