{"product_id":"9780571330669-square-haunting","title":"Square Haunting","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars\u003cbr\u003eFive exceptional women; one London square. A spellbinding group biography by a luminous new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eLITERARY NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (AS CHOSEN BY AUTHORS)\u003cbr\u003e**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding. I'll be recommending this all year.' \u003cb\u003eSARAH BAKEWELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful and deeply moving book.' \u003cb\u003eSALLY ROONEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eI like this London life . the street-sauntering and square-haunting\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e, diary, 1925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMecklenburgh Square, on the radical fringes of interwar \u003cb\u003eBloomsbury\u003c\/b\u003e, was home to activists, experimenters and revolutionaries; among them were the modernist poet \u003cb\u003eH. D.\u003c\/b\u003e, detective novelist\u003cb\u003e Dorothy L. Sayers\u003c\/b\u003e, classicist \u003cb\u003eJane Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e, economic historian \u003cb\u003eEileen Power\u003c\/b\u003e, and writer and publisher \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf.\u003c\/b\u003e They each alighted there seeking a space where they could live, love and, above all, work independently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Wade's\u003c\/b\u003e spellbinding group biography explores how these trailblazing women pushed the boundaries of literature, scholarship, and social norms, forging careers that would have been impossible without these rooms of their own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Elegant, erudite and absorbing, \u003ci\u003eSquare Haunting\u003c\/i\u003e is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is a writer to watch.'\u003cb\u003e FRANCES WILSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women - moving and immersive.' \u003cb\u003eEDMUND GORDON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33729382875233,"sku":"9780571330669","price":10.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36340157.jpg?v=1759422698","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571330669-square-haunting","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}