{"title":"Books by Sarah Churchwell","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781844087686","title":"Careless People","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 1925, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby \u003c\/i\u003ehas become one of the world's best-loved books. \u003ci\u003eCareless People \u003c\/i\u003etells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail its relation to the extravagant, scandalous, and chaotic world in which the author lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith wit and insight, Sarah Churchwell traces the genesis of a masterpiece, mapping where fiction comes from, and how it takes shape in the mind of a genius. \u003ci\u003eCareless People \u003c\/i\u003etells the extraordinary tale of how F. 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Each of these stories offers a riff on the theme of America, a world we have lost, but can hear echoes of in Fitzgerald's characteristically rich, vivid prose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56286896554357,"sku":"9780349140261","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349140261_addde863-6cbb-421b-87f6-8edd53249867.jpg?v=1786013387"},{"product_id":"9781526613349","title":"The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Ferociously smart. A rare combination of guilty pleasure and intellectual insight’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Perceptive. Refreshing. Tears away layers of false readings and conspiracy theories’\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntricately researched. Churchwell’s Marilyn is a complex, well-rounded creature in the best sense – the human sense’ \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many Marilyns: sex goddess and innocent child, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, screen legend and Hollywood victim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this incisive and subtle book, Sarah Churchwell looks at how the stories we tell have trivialised a woman we supposedly adore, and at what they reveal about our attitudes towards sex symbols and icons, to women, death, biography and Marilyn herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301994705269,"sku":"9781526613349","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781526613349_efdd74a3-3eb9-4816-8a02-cdb67948082f.jpg?v=1786021684"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-sarah-churchwell.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}