{"product_id":"big-girl-small-town-1","title":"BIG GIRL SMALL TOWN","description":"Routine makes Majella's world small but change is about to make it a whole lot bigger.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e *Stuff Majella knows*\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -God doesn't punish men with baldness for wearing ladies' knickers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -Banana-flavoured condoms taste the same as nutrition shakes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -Not everyone gets a volley of gunshots over their grave as they are being lowered into the ground\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e *Stuff Majella doesn't know*\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -That she is autistic\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -Why her ma drinks\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -Where her da is\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Other people find Majella odd. She keeps herself to herself, she doesn't like gossip and she isn't interested in knowing her neighbours' business. But suddenly everyone in the small town in Northern Ireland where she grew up wants to know all about hers. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Since her da disappeared during the Troubles, Majella has tried to live a quiet life with her alcoholic mother. She works in the local chip shop (Monday-Saturday, Sunday off), wears the same clothes every day (overalls, too small), has the same dinner each night (fish and chips, nuked in the microwave) and binge watches Dallas (the best show ever aired on TV) from the safety of her single bed. She has no friends and no boyfriend and Majella thinks things are better that way.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e But Majella's safe and predictable existence is shattered when her grandmother dies and as much as she wants things to go back to normal, Majella comes to realise that maybe there is more to life. And it might just be that from tragedy comes Majella's one chance at escape.","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42529438728363,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/products\/13_f2891e92-4e45-4f2a-9e7c-49d68c2d69fb.jpg?v=1676543773","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/big-girl-small-town-1","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}