{"product_id":"9780007232772_the-bird-woman","title":"The Bird Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe much anticipated second novel from prize-winning Irish poet and novelist, Kerry Hardie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Bird Woman' is a moving account of two marriages, a gift that feels like a curse, and the freedom that lies on the far side of family or group identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen McKinnon, red-haired, clairvoyant, fiercely independent, finds her marriage, her health, her sanity threatened when she 'sees' the death of a man in a bomb attack before it has really occurred. Terrified by what's happening to her, she leaves her home, her tribe, her husband, to live with a man she barely knows in Southern Ireland. There she strives to live a normal life in a different culture, to be accepted by her husband's family and friends, to learn a new way of living. Though determined to suppress her 'gift' at any cost, with the birth of her children the clairvoyance changes and broadens into a power to heal. Slowly the rumours spread and the sick seek her out, yet she turns them away from her door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer husband and her closest friend demand that she question her right to suppress her remarkable powers. Reluctantly she accepts her fate, and begins her work as a healer. But the personal cost is high, and this work begins to damage her most intimate relationships. When news of the final illness of her long-estranged mother forces her return to her native city, everything falls apart for her and she finds there's no safe ground beneath her feet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kerry Hardie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895331311765,"sku":"9780007232772","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007232772_aa87eb28-7874-4dac-aed0-073858b95699.jpg?v=1776888577","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007232772_the-bird-woman","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}