{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-heroine-9780099575566","title":"How To Be A Heroine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of Iraqi-Jewish refugees, Samantha Ellis is the author of the books \u003ci\u003eHow to be a Heroine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTake Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and her plays include \u003ci\u003eHow to Date a Feminist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCling to me Like Ivy \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOperation Magic Carpet\u003c\/i\u003e. Her journalism has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, TLS, Spectator, Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e and more. She worked on the first two \u003ci\u003ePaddington \u003c\/i\u003efilms. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAny woman with a remotely bookish childhood will find great pleasure in \u003ci\u003eHow to be a Heroine\u003c\/i\u003e... like Ellis, I find it reassuring that Lizzy Bennet can admit that she was wrong about Darcy, have used Scarlett's indomitable mantra in times of adversity, and have every sympathy with the women who keep their bank accounts separate as in \u003ci\u003eLace\u003c\/i\u003e -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis is quite simply a genius idea for a book.... A fantastically inspirational memoir that makes you want to reread far too many books -- Viv Groskop * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant... From Lizzy Bennet to 'go-getting Judy Jordan' from \u003ci\u003eLace\u003c\/i\u003e, Samantha Ellis did what we all do, mostly without realising: tried other people's lives on for size in literature * Red *\u003cbr\u003eThe best kind of book: one that I gobbled up, wanting to go slow to savour it but unable to stop reading until it was all gone. One that made me want to run to the bookshop to buy copies of novels I’ve never got round to reading and devour those, too -- Rebecca Armstrong * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eDelightfully honest and warmly funny -- Eithne Farry * Daily Mail *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732307325271,"sku":"9780099575566","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-heroine-9780099575566","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}