{"product_id":"9781844885329","title":"The Grass Ceiling : On Being a Woman in Sport","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting' Ciarán Murphy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated like an alien. Playing with other girls or women means you have to accept smaller audiences, diminished status and - for professionals - lower pay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what if, as is the case for camogie player Eimear Ryan, your sport has a completely different name when women play it? What if you don't feel entirely comfortable in an all-female sporting environment because you're shy, bookish, not really one of the girls?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn The Grass Ceiling, acclaimed novelist Eimear Ryan digs deep into the confluence of gender and sport, and all the questions it throws up about identity, status, competition and self-expression. At a time when women's sport is on the rise but still a long way from equality, it is a sharp, nuanced and heartfelt exploration of questions that affect everyone who loves sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for The Grass Ceiling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A gorgeous memoir about a life lived in sport, specifically a female, Irish rural life. I read it in two sittings.' Malachy Clerkin, Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A love letter to the GAA and a diatribe against the idea sport is not for women' Kathleen McNamee, Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant ... Ryan's bold and deep search into so many of those internalised questions provides a fascinating collage of emotional detail' Christy O'Connor, Irish Examiner \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Lyrical, urgent, wise and bracing' Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandycove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48225377452267,"sku":"EB_SP0500_G11-01_SIMS","price":34.56,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781844885329-1.jpg?v=1781707898","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781844885329","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}