{"product_id":"between-friends-9780349012285","title":"Between Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe letters between Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth, and Winifred Holtby, author of South Riding, tell the story of an extraordinary friendship\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Touching and inspiring'' \u003c\/b\u003eRACHEL COOKE, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Lively, perceptive'' \u003c\/b\u003eMIRANDA SEYMOUR, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautiful collection'' \u003c\/b\u003eDAISY DUNN, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A moving unvarnished chronicle'' \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Watling, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the time when they met at Somerville College, Oxford, until Winifred''s early death at the age of thirty-seven, they wrote constantly, encouraging and advising each other, even through periods as literary rivals as they negotiated envy and self-doubt. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVera decisively influenced Winifred''s passion for feminism and peace and Winifred gave Vera crucial support, fiercely believing in her literary gifts. Their letters, written from 1920 to 1935, kept them ''continuously together''.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume offers a window on an intriguing relationship... [It] delivers Winifred Holtby back into Vera Brittain's ineluctable embrace -- Claudia FitzHerbert * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eThe Showalters offer an astute and sympathetic reading of the two women's dynamic, and the result is \u003cb\u003ea moving, unvarnished chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e of intellectual comradeship -- Sarah Watling * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e[A]\u003cb\u003e lively, perceptive and immaculately edited\u003c\/b\u003e selection from the extensive correspondence between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby... There are many stand-out moments in this engrossing correspondence... The Showalters have triumphantly succeeded in reminding us how fortunate Vera Brittain was to forge a friendship with such a joyous, clear-sighted and selfless individual -- Miranda Seymour * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful collection\u003c\/b\u003e... The care with which the letters have been selected and introduced becomes increasingly clear as the pages roll on -- Daisy Dunn * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eI found these letters \u003cb\u003ecompletely fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e... the relationship at their centre is endlessly intriguing, and when these young women outline their burgeoning ideas about their careers, marriage, happiness and freedom, it's touching and inspiring -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpertly and sensitively edited\u003c\/b\u003e by Elaine and English Showalter... The authors' intense bond is wonderfully captured... what comes through is a true partnership of two women valiantly, imperfectly, trying to find new ways to live -- Samantha Ellis * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eFascinatingly, these letters also overturn the sentimental clichés about their relationship * The Oldie *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733639344471,"sku":"9780349012285","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349012285.jpg?v=1720000973","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-friends-9780349012285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}