{"product_id":"9780007378753","title":"Charlotte Mew: and Her Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003ePenelope Fitzgerald’s fascinating portrait of the tragic poet and her life at the heart of the Bloomsbury set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Hardy hailed her as ‘far and away the best living woman poet’; the formidable Charlotte Mew (1869–1928) was the writer of some of the best English poems of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her private life, to all appearances, Mew was a dutiful daughter living at home with her elderly mother. But this respectable façade hid painful truths – the Mews were penniless, two siblings had been declared insane and Charlotte was secretly lesbian, living a life of self-inflicted frustration. Despite literary success and a passionate, enchanting personality, eventually the conflicts within her drove her to despair, and she killed herself by swallowing household disinfectant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping portrait, Penelope Fitzgerald brings all her novelist’s skills into play, giving us touching story, and an entire life’s emotional history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284755005589,"sku":"9780007378753","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007378753.jpg?v=1776992256","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007378753","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}