{"product_id":"we-are-michael-field-9781447279556","title":"We are Michael Field","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this profile, Emma Donoghue tells the story of two eccentric Victorian spinsters: Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece Edith Cooper (1862-1913); poets and lovers, who wrote together under the name of Michael Field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey wrote eleven volumes of poetry and thirty historical tragedies, but perhaps their best work - richest in emotional honesty and wit - was the diary that the two women shared for a quarter of a century, and these unpublished journals and letters form the basis for the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eWe are Michael Field\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Michaels lived in a contradictory world of inherited wealth and terrible illness, silly nicknames and religious crises. They preferred men to women, and yet their greatest devotion was saved for their dog. Snobbish, arrogant eccentrics who faced bereavement and death with great courage, the Michaels never lost their appetite for life or their passion for each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769777291607,"sku":"9781447279556","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447279556.jpg?v=1758722572","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-are-michael-field-9781447279556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}