{"product_id":"9780008414214_the-green-lady-a-spirit-a-story-a-place","title":"The Green Lady: A Spirit, A Story, A Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the style of her memoir \u003cem\u003eGirl with Dove\u003c\/em\u003e, this book explores a child’s search for artistic education and a sense of self. Lyrical and playful, Sally Bayley’s writing transports the reader into an eccentric world of teachers, guardians and guiding spirits of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoved by her female teachers, and guided by the artist J.M.W. Turner, Bayley’s protagonist goes in search of her maternal ancestors, in particular her grandmother, Edna May Turner. Following the narratives of other women in history who have taken different routes to independence and artistic freedom – including the educational suffragist Mary Neal, actress Margaret Rutherford, and poet Stevie Smith – Bayley considers the paths to happiness and the limitations social convention imposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart novel, part memoir, \u003cem\u003eThe Green Lady\u003c\/em\u003e continues the traditions of Virginia Woolf’s \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e as an imagined biography which urgently understands the need for a space of one’s own in which to thrive. As one of the book’s several foster children, Bayley reminds us that families and homes can be found and built within literature and the arts as well as nature's green spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sally Bayley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898265522325,"sku":"9780008414214","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008414214_02a825c6-b531-4325-b2ee-654316eb78c0.jpg?v=1776888189","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008414214_the-green-lady-a-spirit-a-story-a-place","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}