{"product_id":"the-gathering","title":"The Gathering","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasnt the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmothers house  in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then  as she is now: keeping the dead man company  just for another little while. The Gathering is a family epic  condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enrights unblinking eye. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother  Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester. This is a novel about love and disappointment  about thwarted lust and limitless desire  and how our fate is written in the body  not in the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964429824053,"sku":"ByrdShop_0224078739","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780224078733.jpg?v=1770460868","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-gathering","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}