{"product_id":"muse-18","title":"Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobody writes like Nell Dunn... always communally, with rare honesty, with love, and with calm and ground-breaking understanding... It's glorious. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAli Smith \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Muse\u003c\/i\u003e is all it could be; an act of sharing that goes beyond particular experience to take us to a happy realm of natural sisterhood. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNell Dunn has perfect pitch for the words we use and for the loves and mysteries of the human heart. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarmen Callil \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDefiant, funny and exhilarating. The Muse is so high-spirited and full of a sense of adventure. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis slim volume is entertaining... You long to know more about Nell's life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Muse\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a life-changing friendship. It starts with Nell's account of a chance meeting with Josie at the age of 22.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosie teaches her how to live for moment, how to have adventures and find the sweetness of life even in hardship. This was the Sixties, a time of literary and sexual experimentation, of the breakdown of old barriers and inhibitions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven as she was hooking up with dodgy men, Josie always carried herself like a star, and as the inspiration for the ground-breaking novel of working class women \u003ci\u003ePoor Cow\u003c\/i\u003e and the play \u003ci\u003eSteaming \u003c\/i\u003e- both of which were made into movies - she became one, feted by producers on Broadway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife is the thing, was Josie's motto. But where would her philosophy of taking no care for tomorrow lead her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn prose of unique clarity and simplicity that always gets straight to the heart of matter, The Muse follows this friendship over the decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227514556760,"sku":"9781529327922","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529327922.jpg?v=1770462015","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/muse-18","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}