{"product_id":"9781743580677","title":"Colette's France: Her lives, her loves","description":"‘A biography as sensuously satisfying as a fine French meal. Colette surely would have approved it as much for its aesthetic appeal as for its rare insight and scholarship.’ Robyn Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColette’s France\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable life story of an extraordinary woman, who was known simply as ‘Colette’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis lavishly illustrated biography of the French writer, who was as famous for her novels as for her often controversial life, follows her journey through the landscapes of France where she lived and loved – from a childhood in Burgundy and coming of age in the Belle Époque Paris, to Provence and St Tropez. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Gilmour recounts the varied lives of a sensual, artistic, rebellious woman who lived life on her own terms, from prodigious writer and journalist, risqué performer, lover and seducer, businesswoman, baroness, mother, and finally, grand old lady of letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Jane Gilmour\u003c\/b\u003e is an Australian with a personal passion and extensive knowledge of Colette and her life. Jane lived in France for many years where she studied the writer at the Sorbonne and completed her thesis on the writer there. Jane has continued her passion for her subject frequently returning to France to write this book and to visit the regions where Colette lived, loved and worked.","brand":"Hardie Grant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152184590576,"sku":"9781743580677","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781743580677_p0.jpg?v=1763707035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743580677","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}