{"product_id":"mosaic-a-family-memoir-revisited-paperback","title":"Mosaic: A Family Memoir Revisited - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Holroyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter writing the definitive biographies of Lytton Strachey and George Bernard Shaw, Michael Holroyd turned his hand to a more personal subject: his own family. The result was \u003cem\u003eBasil Street Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1999. But rather than the story being over, it was in fact only beginning. As letters from readers started to pour in, the author discovered extraordinary narratives that his own memoir had only touched on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMosaic\u003c\/em\u003e is Holroyd's piecing together of these remarkable stories: the murder of the fearsome headmaster of his school; the discovery that his Swedish grandmother was the mistress of the French anarchist Jacques Prévert; and a letter about the beauty of his mother that provides a clue to a decade-long affair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Funny, touching, and wry, \u003cem\u003eMosaic\u003c\/em\u003e shows how other people's lives, however eccentric or extreme, echo our own dreams and experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48821993767161,"sku":"9780393327687","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IafU3XB29N9780393327687.webp?v=1786794098","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mosaic-a-family-memoir-revisited-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}