{"product_id":"a-page-from-my-life","title":"A PAGE FROM MY LIFE","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing … to try to make us laugh, cry and think. We never imagined we would get the quantity and quality of entries that we did for A Page from My Life.’ – Ray D’Arcy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the midst of the Covid crisis, the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRay D’Arcy Show\u003c\/em\u003e invited RTÉ Radio 1 listeners to send in ‘A Page from My Life’: 500 words on a memorable event, or a story simply worth sharing. The response was overwhelming. Ray and his team were inundated with over 2,500 entries, from authors of all ages and all walks of life.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd what those entries created was an extraordinary picture of Irish life in microcosm. Funny and heart-breaking, poignant and surprising, they told a series of unforgettable stories … moments that changed everything, and where life itself seemed to hang in the balance. Quiet reflections on the meaning of love and loss. Hilarious tales of everyday mishaps, chance encounters, and feats of pure imagination. It was a timely reminder of the experiences and values that unite us, even as circumstances contrived to keep us apart.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIntroduced by the Ray D’Arcy Show judges – bestselling authors Donal Ryan (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Spinning Heart\u003c\/em\u003e), Emilie Pine (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNotes to Self\u003c\/em\u003e), Emer McLysaght (the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAisling\u003c\/em\u003e series) and Eoin Colfer (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtemis Fowl\u003c\/em\u003e) – \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Page From My Life\u003c\/em\u003e gathers 150 of these stories to form an exhilarating and moving testament to the wonder of everyday life.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889906438491,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/2_85e2102e-8782-42e1-badc-86fe10308a1c.jpg?v=1688225348","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/a-page-from-my-life","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}