{"product_id":"9781035069576","title":"The Green Years","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Cronin, A. J. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eScotland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 20 November 2025 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 | 0g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1945, The Green Years is one of A. J. Cronin’s best-loved novels. It tells the story of Robert Shannon, a young Irish Catholic boy, who is orphaned at the age of seven and sent to live with his mother’s estranged family in Scotland. As he grows up in a dour Presbyterian town, only his great-grandfather, an incorrigible, swaggering, charming, larger-than-life character, seems able to rescue him from the narrow interests of the people who try to shape his life in their own image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisappointed in love and in his burning ambition to study medicine, the eighteen-year-old Robert sees his future as a blank wall. But, once again, he is saved from despair by his fiery relative, much to the chagrin of the rest of the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compassionate story of a boy’s growth to manhood, set against the harsh reality of life at the turn of the century, shows A. J. Cronin at his masterly best, creating a vivid gallery of characters with his customary blend of imagination, insight and tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, The Stars Look Down and Cronin’s other classic novels, The Green Years is a great book by a beloved author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47441581244675,"sku":"9781035069576","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781035069576.jpg?v=1765297398","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781035069576","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}