{"product_id":"9781743342015","title":"The Steele Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is as if I am slowly sinking in the water, just occasionally making it back to the top for a gulp of air – to a sort of memory of what life can be – what life \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e be – and then down down down I go again. And each time the surfacing gets harder and harder and requires a greater feat of will, kicking and turning and fighting against the undertow ... What I fear most is that as the memory gets fainter and fainter – that eventually I will just give into it and go under, relieved that I don't have to struggle anymore, that I can just sink into to this blessed oblivion, give into this siren song of domesticity…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only child of two famous but self-absorbed artists, Zelda Steele is adopted by her parent's patrons when she is just a baby. Great things are expected of this privileged young woman, but at twenty-seven Zelda is dead, leaving two young children and a body of work that only hints at her promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Zelda's daughter Ruth returns to her childhood home to find the diaries her mother is rumoured to have kept. What they reveal takes her on a journey into the past: her mother's, her grandmothers and, ultimately, her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving together the narratives of three very different women, living in vastly different times, \u003ci\u003eThe Steele Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e paints a rich and evocative portrait of the Sydney art scene from the thirties to the seventies, and the eternal conflict between motherhood and self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"As a fan of \u003c\/i\u003eOut of the Silence\u003ci\u003e, the author's award winning debut, I had high hopes for this second effort – and it didn't disappoint. \u003c\/i\u003eDiaries\u003ci\u003e is a wonderful exploration of the tricky relationship between motherhood and art.\" — WHO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158988996848,"sku":"9781743342015","price":4.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781743342015_p0.jpg?v=1763706474","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743342015","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}