{"product_id":"bear-woman-the-brandnew-memoir-from-one-of-swedens-bestselling-authors-9781786580597","title":"Bear Woman: The brand-new memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBear Woman is a memoir by one of Sweden's bestselling authors that explores the life of Marguerite de la Rocque, a sixteenth-century noblewoman who was abandoned, pregnant, and alone on a remote island in Nova Scotia. The writer questions her ability to tell this story and delves deeper into Marguerite's hidden life, surprising and illuminating. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27 April 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bonnier Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Rachel Cusk, Lisa Taddeo, and the essays of Zadie Smith, Bear Woman is a beautifully wrought memoir from one of Sweden's bestselling authors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully written and astonishing memoir of a woman - a writer - in the midst of motherhood, marriage, and life. While struggling with the demands of family and career, the writer discovers a figure from history, Marguerite de la Rocque, a sixteenth-century noblewoman who was abandoned, pregnant, on a remote island in Nova Scotia. When she is finally rescued, her lover and her baby have died, but she has survived this inhospitable wilderness, alone, for two long years. It's a remarkable story of survival, but one that has been consigned to a footnote.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelve deeper into Marguerite's hidden life, and the writer begins to question her ability to tell this story, the story of any women in history - or even her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deeply personal journey of a writer, surprising and illuminating, and for me, familiar in the most reassuring way as she loses herself in this compelling story - Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 197 x 128 x 22 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781786580597\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karolina Ramqvist","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44201296331002,"sku":"9781786580597","price":7.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1682677569472_book.jpg?v=1682791792","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/bear-woman-the-brandnew-memoir-from-one-of-swedens-bestselling-authors-9781786580597","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}