{"product_id":"the-fountain-overflows-9781844086993","title":"The Fountain Overflows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Set during the Edwardian era, this is a poignant and beautifully told story of family love and family feuds, and of musical and artistic aspirations.\u003cbr\u003e* Introduction by Rebecca West's biographer, Victoria Glendinning.\u003c\/p\u003eRose Aubrey is one of a family of four children.  Their father, Piers, is the disgraced son of an Irish landowning family, a violent, noble and quite unscrupulous leader of popular causes.  His Scottish wife, Clare, is an artist, a tower of strength, fanatically devoted to a musical future for her daughters.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of their life in south London, a life threatened by Piers's streak of tragic folly which keeps them on the verge of financial ruin and social disgrace . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A book bursting with love and vitality'  DAILY EXPRESS\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781844086993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Mar 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.7(H)x13.1(L)x3(W)306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 306\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eRebecca West was born in London in 1892.  She was educated in Edinburgh and began to appear in print as a journalist in London as early as 1911.  She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1959 and died in March 1983.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e* 'It is improbable that even the most scrupulous reader could name a more poignantly and lovingly told tale, a more beautiful piece of writing - NYTimes\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* 'So vivid and lovable are her subjects, a crisis-ridden musical and literary family, that to finish the book is to suffer a bereavement. - Mail on Sunday.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* 'It is improbable that even the most scrupulous reader could name a more poignantly and lovingly told tale, a more beautiful piece of writing - NYTimes\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* 'So vivid and lovable are her subjects, a crisis-ridden musical and literary family, that to finish the book is to suffer a bereavement. - Mail on Sunday.","brand":"Rebecca West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574461862105,"sku":"9781844086993","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781844086993.jpg?v=1790775033","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-fountain-overflows-9781844086993","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}