{"title":"Noelle McCarthy","description":"\u003cp\u003eNoelle McCarthy is a gifted writer whose works delve deep into the intricacies of human experience and personal journeys. Known for her compelling narratives and heartfelt honesty, McCarthy's books provide readers with a profound insight into life's complexities and emotional depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGrand\u003c\/em\u003e, McCarthy offers a poignant exploration of family dynamics and personal growth, painting a vivid picture of relationships and identity. This book invites readers to reflect on their own familial connections and the trials and triumphs that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStakes\u003c\/em\u003e, another remarkable instalment in her literary repertoire, continues this theme of discovery and introspection. Through evocative prose, McCarthy illuminates the stakes involved in our decisions, emphasising the courage it takes to follow one's own path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNoelle McCarthy's works, nestled within the Biography \u0026amp; Memoir category, are both educational and deeply personal, promising readers a journey of reflection and an understanding of the human condition. Explore her collection to embark on an emotional and thought-provoking journey.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grand-by-noelle-mccarthy-9780143776109","title":"Grand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Mammy, just before she died\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in pub lounges all over Cork City, Noelle McCarthy's mother Carol rages against her life and everything she's lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs soon as she can, Noelle runs away. All the way to New Zealand, to make a new, different kind of life. But then Mammy gets sick, and it's time to face everything that's waiting back home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Catholic Ireland in the '70s, '80s and '90s to sparkling Auckland in the first years of the new millennium, \u003cem\u003eGrand\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of the invisible ties that bind us, of bitter legacies handed down through the generations, and of the leap of faith it takes to change them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Derry Girls meets An Angel at My Table is an improbable combination. Yet here it is, and it is perfect. Desperately funny, hysterically sad, so beautiful and so humane. All of life is in it. I utterly adored it.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - MEG MASON, AUTHOR OF SORROW AND BLISS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this stunning reckoning with demons, McCarthy's mammy, Carol, lands on the page with a hilarious, indelible, appalling vivacity, stealing every scene. The trajectory of their relationship - intense, literally tooth and claw, barely survivable - takes them, in the nick of time, to something fierce and unbreakable. \u003cem\u003eGrand\u003c\/em\u003e will have you reassessing the power of love; the deep and painful channels it can cut.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - DIANA WICHTEL, AUTHOR OF DRIVING TO TREBLINKA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A howl of anguish and love.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - STEVE BRAUNIAS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Noelle McCarthy writes with wit, honesty and grace of that once-in-a-lifetime reality check for daughters - the dying of the mother.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - REN E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877172109548,"sku":"9780143776109","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780143776109.jpg?v=1730773356"},{"product_id":"stakes-by-noelle-mccarthy-9781776951031","title":"Stakes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/blogs\/latest-news-at-book-hero\/qa-with-noelle-mccarthy\"\u003einterview with author Noelle McCarthy\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA darkly funny, sparkling follow-up to the author’s bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eGrand.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou have to invite him in. You have to want the vampire’s badness in the house with you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Catholic Ireland, Noelle McCarthy is captivated by Bram Stoker’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e. The vampire is a risk-free fantasy, a suave alternative to the fraught realities of desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty years later, exhausted by her unruly appetites, Noelle returns to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, reckoning with her own history and a changing world: generation-spanning shame and trauma given voice by #Metoo and the horrors emerging from Irish soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a century after readers were first mesmerised by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStakes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003etransposes its electric themes of transgression, intoxication and sexual danger onto Noelle’s own life, asking; what's the difference between an inheritance and a curse?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA funny, visceral follow-up to the acclaimed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrand\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStakes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates the power of a gothic horror to help you face the parts of life that scare you most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47318857515244,"sku":"9781776951031","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781776951031.jpg?v=1771450817"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/noelle-mccarthy.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}