{"product_id":"hydra-9781742236544","title":"Hydra","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWild, passionate and ultimately tragic: the love story of Australia’s famous literary couple, Charmian Clift and George Johnston, plays out on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in the 1950s, in this reimagining from award-winning playwright Sue Smith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedicating their lives to writing, the couple were figureheads of Hydra’s bohemian community of artists and dreamers, which included Leonard Cohen, Sidney and Cynthia Nolan, Alan Moorehead and others. In \u003ci\u003eHydra\u003c\/i\u003e, inspiration runs wild, as the couple pen works which will go on to be classics, including Charmain Clift’s famed \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e essays and George Johnson’s Miles Franklin-winning classic \u003ci\u003eMy Brother Jack\u003c\/i\u003e. And yet, their lives were wrought with jealously, money woes, illness and alcoholism. Told from the perspective of their eldest son Martin, and weaving in text from their own writing, \u003ci\u003eHydra\u003c\/i\u003e brings to these remarkable artists to life.","brand":"NewSouth Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863799529815,"sku":"9781742236544","price":14.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781742236544.jpg?v=1759921159","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hydra-9781742236544","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}