{"product_id":"the-fountain-overflows-vmc-virago-modern-classics","title":"The Fountain Overflows (VMC) (Virago Modern Classics)","description":"Product Description\n\n\nRose 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. \n \n This 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 . . .\n \n 'A book bursting with love and vitality' DAILY EXPRESS\n\n\nReview\n\n\n* 'It is improbable that even the most scrupulous reader could name a more poignantly and lovingly told tale, a more beautiful piece of writing ―\nNYTimes\n\n* 'So vivid and lovable are her subjects, a crisis-ridden musical and literary family, that to finish the book is to suffer a bereavement. ―\nMail on Sunday.\n\n\nBook Description\n\n\n* 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.* Introduction by Rebecca West's biographer, Victoria Glendinning.\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\nRebecca 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.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40116997455957,"sku":"9781844086993N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/0e523c02-c073-46d3-96cb-b97131cf33b8.jpg?v=1654776199","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-fountain-overflows-vmc-virago-modern-classics","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}