{"product_id":"grace-9781444753417","title":"Grace","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreparing for her husband''s retirement from his parish, Michele Guinness, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guinness Legend\u003c\/i\u003e, decided to clear out the attic and in doing so rediscovered a trunk of letters, diaries, journals and notebooks, over one hundred years old, belonging to Grace Guinness, Peter''s grandmother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost famous for her unconventional marriage to renowned speaker and evangelist Henry Grattan Guinness, Grace''s journals reveal an extraordinary woman who in many ways was before her time: a rebel against the constraints of her narrow religious upbringing, unconventional in her choice of husband, defiant of a society that frowned on a well-bred single mother going out to work, a businesswoman who ran her own hotel, and an early feminist who believed in birth control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe worked until she was in her seventies, read \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e every day, got through at least one book a week and could comment eruditely on politics, science, philosophy, theology, music and literatur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...this fascinating narrative of a truly remarkable lady... a superb social commentary of her times. * The Irish Catholic *\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083974058327,"sku":"9781444753417","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444753417.jpg?v=1725550629","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/grace-9781444753417","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}