{"product_id":"the-writing-school-9781472157348","title":"The Writing School","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Both extremely funny and deeply sad, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing School\u003c\/i\u003e examines how and why we tell our own stories.  It''s beautifully written and structured, compelling, wise and fabulously readable'' Lissa Evans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''The Writing School\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary book. It is funny, exhilarating, heart-breaking and passionate. Its delicate pulsing themes are held like a bird in the writer''s confident, gentle hand'' Katharine Norbury\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Life, with its unexpected troughs and highs, the disciplines of teaching a creative writing course and the shadow of a family tragedy provide the focus for a memoir that brims with humour, honesty and intelligence. T\u003ci\u003ehe Writing School\u003c\/i\u003e taught me a lot'' Elizabeth Buchan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA creative writing course is a chance for reinvention. When author Miranda France sets off to teach at a residential writing school in a remote valley, she expects to meet a group of aspiring writers with the usual mix of hope and unrealised ambit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFascinating, hugely entertaining, instructive in the best sense. I always thought that writing could not be taught, only reading, but this book made me reconsider. I read it in one sitting -- Alberto Manguel\u003cbr\u003eBoth extremely funny and deeply sad, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing School\u003c\/i\u003e examines how and why we tell our own stories.\u003cb\u003e It's beautifully written and structured, compelling, wise and fabulously readable\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lissa Evans\u003cbr\u003e'Intellectually riveting but also slyly funny and, out-of-nowhere, heartbreaking. What an achievement. I loved every word of it' * Nathan Filer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Writing School\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary book. \u003cb\u003eIt is funny, exhilarating, heart-breaking and passionate.\u003c\/b\u003e Its delicate pulsing themes are held like a bird in the writer's confident, gentle hand. Miranda France has created a brilliant, ephemeral eulogy for her beloved brother and a luminous gift for her reader -- Katharine Norbury, author of The Fish Ladder\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885748302167,"sku":"9781472157348","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472157348.jpg?v=1722537558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-writing-school-9781472157348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}