{"product_id":"my-animal-life-hardcover","title":"My Animal Life - Hardcover","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\u003eMaggie Gee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wise and beautiful book about what it feels like to be alive--I really loved it.\"--Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Maggie Gee's account of her life as a writer cuts to the bone as she relives triumphs, rejections, despair and renewal. It's a wonderful book, for its boldness and vigour, and for its piercing honesty.\"--Claire Tomalin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do you become a writer, and why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Gee's journey starts in a small family in post-war Britain, a long way from the literary world. At seventeen, Maggie goes, a lamb to the slaughter, to university. From the 1960s onwards she lives the defining events of her generation: the coming of the Pill and sexual freedom, tremors in the British layer-cake of class and race. In the 1980s, Maggie finally gets published, falls in love, marries, and has a daughter--but for the next three decades and beyond, she survives, and sometimes thrives, by writing. This frank, bold memoir dares to explore the big questions: success and failure, sex, death, and parenthood--our animal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Gee\u003c\/b\u003e was chosen as one of Granta's original Best Young British Novelists. She has published many novels to great acclaim, including \u003ci\u003eThe White Family\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes; \u003ci\u003eMy Cleaner\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Flood\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the Orange Prize; and \u003ci\u003eThe Ice People\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the first female chair of the Royal Society of Literature from 2004-2008 and is now one of its vice presidents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Gee was chosen as one of Granta's original 'Best Young British Novelists'. She has published many novels to great acclaim, including The White Family, shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes, My Cleaner and The Flood, longlisted for the Orange Prize, and The Ice People. She was the first female Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, 2004-2008, and is now one of its Vice-Presidents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48338903236857,"sku":"9781846599873","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IPFaKgzGR89781846599873.webp?v=1777607893","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/my-animal-life-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}