{"product_id":"vanessa-and-her-sister-9780804176392","title":"Vanessa and Her Sister","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book - An \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\"Must List\" Pick - \"Prepare to be dazzled.\"--Paula McLain - \"Quite simply astonishing.\"--Sarah Blake\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if Virginia Woolf's sister had kept a diary? For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLoving Frank\u003c\/i\u003e comes a spellbinding new story of the inseparable bond between Virginia and her sister, the gifted painter Vanessa Bell, and the real-life betrayal that threatened to destroy their family. Hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook Review \u003c\/i\u003eas \"an uncanny success\" and based on meticulous research, this stunning novel illuminates a little-known episode in the celebrated sisters' glittering bohemian youth among the legendary Bloomsbury Group. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind your next book club pick, read special features, and more. Join the Random House Reader's Circle.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1905: The city is alight with change, and the Stephen siblings are at the forefront. Vanessa, Virginia, Thoby, and Adrian are leaving behind their childhood home and taking a house in the leafy heart of avant-garde Bloomsbury. There they bring together a glittering circle of bright, outrageous artistic friends who will grow into legend and come to be known as the Bloomsbury Group. And at the center of this charmed circle are the devoted, gifted sisters: Vanessa, the painter, and Virginia, the writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each member of the group will go on to earn fame and success, but so far Vanessa Bell has never sold a painting. Virginia Woolf's book review has just been turned down by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e. Lytton Strachey has not published anything. E. M. Forster has finished his first novel but does not like the title. Leonard Woolf is still a civil servant in Ceylon, and John Maynard Keynes is looking for a job. Together, this sparkling coterie of artists and intellectuals throw away convention and embrace the wild freedom of being young, single bohemians in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the landscape shifts when Vanessa unexpectedly falls in love and her sister feels dangerously abandoned. Eerily possessive, charismatic, manipulative, and brilliant, Virginia has always lived in the shelter of Vanessa's constant attention and encouragement. Without it, she careens toward self-destruction and madness. As tragedy and betrayal threaten to destroy the family, Vanessa must decide if it is finally time to protect her own happiness above all else. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The work of exciting young newcomer Priya Parmar, \u003ci\u003eVanessa and Her Sister\u003c\/i\u003e exquisitely captures the champagne-heady days of prewar London and the extraordinary lives of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eVanessa and Her Sister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fiction and history merge seamlessly in this dazzling novel.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Being related to Virginia Woolf can't have been easy. In this delightful novel, Parmar re-imagines the brilliant, fragile writer and her turn-of-the-century bohemian friends. . . . You'll be spellbound.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rarely do you encounter a woman who commands as much admiration as does the painter Vanessa Bell in Priya Parmar's multilayered, subtly shaded novel.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] gossipy, entertaining historical novel . . . Parmar conjures a devastating fictional portrait.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Captivating . . . echoes of Austen's \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e emerge in Parmar's portrayal.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An elegant, entertaining novel that brings new life to the Bloomsbury Group's intrigues.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804176392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2015 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/22\/2015 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Priya Parmar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917034918069,"sku":"9780804176392","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_44dcbed0-4593-47c9-afca-c084a8e15d13.jpg?v=1687275911","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vanessa-and-her-sister-9780804176392","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}