{"product_id":"2940169380767","title":"Vanessa and Her Sister: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLoving Frank\u003c\/i\u003e comes a captivating novel that offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of Vanessa Bell, her sister Virginia Woolf, and the controversial and popular circle of intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead by a Full Cast:\u003cbr\u003e\"Virginia\" read by Clare Corbett \u003cbr\u003e\"Vanessa\" read by Emilia Fox\u003cbr\u003e\"Lytton Strachey\" read by Julian Rhind-Tutt  \u003cbr\u003e\"Leonard Woolf\" read by Daniel Pirrie \u003cbr\u003e\"Roger Fry\" read by Anthony Calf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114322608368,"sku":"2940169380767","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169380767_p0.jpg?v=1763780705","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169380767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}