{"product_id":"the-light-at-evening","title":"The Light at Evening","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Beautiful in everything it says and leaves unsaid. There are no small lives. A bittersweet delight'\u003c\/strong\u003e Gráinne Murphy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'It's funny and painful and so full of honesty... and it never lets us off the hook'\u003c\/strong\u003e Seamus O'Rourke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A poignant read full of empathy and a keen awareness of those small rituals that make up a life – visiting a local lake, sharing a cup of tea, writing a poem – it will make you reassess the things you value in the everyday'\u003c\/strong\u003e Nathalie Abi-Ezzi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWritten in a style reminiscent of Claire Keegan, John McGahern, and Colm Tóibín, The Light at Evening is the story of a man caught between duty and dream, haunted by what was lost and what might still be found.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a quiet corner of rural Ireland, Ciarán lives as an unfulfilled poet and teacher. Struggling with the recent loss of his father, grief settles into his days, intertwined with the quiet responsibility of caring for his ageing mother and supporting his wife as she faces cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world around him continues in its steady rhythms, the seasons shifting, the land holding its silence, while Ciarán turns inward, drifting through memory, regret, and a faint, flickering sense that meaning might still be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, in the stillness between dusk and night, something begins to change. Not redemption, but a gentle illumination, a new way of seeing and the quiet strength of enduring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTender and lyrical, \u003cem\u003eThe Light at Evening\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant reflection on grief, on memory and on the fragile moments of grace that shape a life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legend Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57449211691383,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/3696\/2501\/files\/9781918291780_5dffbadf-b337-4356-b633-74c75659e793.jpg?v=1789047243","url":"https:\/\/thebooksocial.co.uk\/products\/the-light-at-evening","provider":"The Book Social","version":"1.0","type":"link"}