{"product_id":"9780099496861","title":"Keeping the World Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Forster, Margaret \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/03\/2007,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099496861,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost, found, stolen, strayed, sold, fought over... This engrossing, beautifully crafted novel follows the fictional adventures, over a hundred years, of an early 20th-century painting and the women whose lives it touches. It opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover and paints a small, intimate picture of a quiet corner of her attic room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there's Charlotte, a dreamy intellectual Edwardian girl, and Stella, Lucasta, Ailsa and finally young Gillian, who share an unspoken desire to have for themselves a tranquil golden place like that in the painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuintessential Forster, this is a novel about women's lives, about what it means and what it costs to be both a woman and an artist, and an unusual, compelling look at a beautiful painting and its imagined afterlife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697575395372,"sku":"9780099496861","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099496861.jpg?v=1722596970","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780099496861","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}