{"title":"Books by Lauren Gunderson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781350401587","title":"Revolutionary Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eDiscover the power, resilience, and indomitable spirit of women who have shaped history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her first collected works, Lauren Gunderson demonstrates why she has become one of America's most produced playwrights. Weaving together the extraordinary stories of trailblazing women from various eras, Gunderson provides a unique and necessary perspective on modern American feminism, the beautiful humanism of science, and the power of the heartful heroine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e: Passionate. Vivid. Defiant. Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart? \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Revolutionists:\u003c\/i\u003e Playwright Olympe De Gouge, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Caribbean rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, loose their heads and try to beat back the extremist insanity in the Paris of 1793. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAda and the Engine:\u003c\/i\u003e it's 1830 and fiery, brilliant, Ada Lovelace writes the first computer program for her friend and mentor Charles Babbage. They share a language of numbers, and imagine a world of computing machines. But only Ada dreams that those machines will make music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilent Sky:\u003c\/i\u003e The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt plays out against a landscape of fierce sisterly love, early feminism, paradigm shifting science, romance, revelation, and a time when humans were called \"computers\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Natural Shocks:\u003c\/i\u003e'To be or not to be' - In this one-woman tour-de-force, witty and wild Angela paces alone in her basement, waiting out an imminent tornado: in such a stark situation, it is only natural that secrets come out, confessions spill over and a reckoning is about to touch down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduced and contextualized by dramaturg Julie Felise Dubiner, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Women\u003c\/i\u003e charts an unforgettable journey through time and place, celebrating and exploring the greatness of history's women.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297720906101,"sku":"9781350401587","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350401587_9b58620d-2859-4e53-bfa8-30822b426f87.jpg?v=1786018802"},{"product_id":"9781350146228","title":"I and You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit ... the touching 'barbaric yawp' (Whitman's phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.”\u003ci\u003e The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHousebound by illness, Caroline hasn’t been to school in months. Confined to her room, she has only social media for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in – uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitman’s poetry and a school project due the next day…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaroline is unimpressed, but an unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework starts to reveal the pair’s hopes and dreams - as well as a deep and mysterious bond that connects them even further.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2014. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Julie Felise Dubiner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297924821365,"sku":"9781350146228","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350146228_42e108b6-2b17-460c-85cd-055e6df54f6f.jpg?v=1786018441"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-lauren-gunderson.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}