{"product_id":"9781250115959","title":"Florence Foster Jenkins : The biography that inspired the critically-acclaimed film","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFlorence Foster Jenkins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Nicholas Martin, Jasper Rees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe was a woman with a dream. Nobody believed in her talent. But nothing could stop her. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This is the true story of\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now the basis of a major motion picture starring Academy Award--winning actress Meryl Streep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  She had no pitch, no rhythm, and no tone. Still, Florence Foster Jenkins (Streep) became one of America’s best-known sopranos. Born in 1868, Florence was a talented young pianist whose wealthy father refused to let her continue her musical studies in Europe. In retaliation, Florence eloped with Dr. Frank Jenkins, a man twice her age, and moved to New York. But when her father died and left her a large sum of money, Florence finally had a chance to pursue her one true passion: Singing. But first she would have to learn how to become a great singer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Years of lessons and a chance meeting with St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), who would become her manager and common-law husband, would help launch Florence’s career and entry into New York’s prestigious classical musical societies, culminating in her giving a recital, at the age of seventy-six, at Carnegie Hall. This is story of a woman who was not afraid to recreate herself into the person she wished to become—and achieve her own version of the American Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250115959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595677380814,"sku":"9781250115959","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_1c97373b-0f23-4ba9-8e6b-a443efd6ad36.jpg?v=1637838229","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250115959","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}