{"product_id":"9781453206744","title":"Sunflower","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful actress of the 1920s faces painful decisions about her lovers and her future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e in Rebecca West’s posthumously published semi-autobiographical novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Star of the stage, Sunflower has everything but the attention she craves from her long-time—and married—lover, Lord Essington, a brilliant and intense man occupied with more intellectual thoughts. Eager for a more rewarding experience, Sunflower must decide whether another “great man,” the Australian Francis Pitt, will offer a more traditional relationship and happiness. Written during West’s own psychoanalysis and never finished, \u003ci\u003eSunflower\u003c\/i\u003e ponders topics of the power struggle between the sexes, and a woman’s freedom to determine her romantic destiny.\u003cbr\u003e Drawn heavily from West’s own relationships with H.G. Wells and Lord Beaverbrook, this roman à clef gives a glimpse of the author’s own struggle to find a satisfying relationship.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124269465840,"sku":"9781453206744","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453206744_p0.jpg?v=1769907402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453206744","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}