{"product_id":"9781250159113","title":"Love and Fury : A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Samantha Silva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Novel of Summer (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMr. Dickens and His Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, a richly-imagined reckoning with the life of another cherished literary legend: Mary Wollstonecraft – arguably the world’s first feminist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugust, 1797. Midwife Parthenia Blenkinsop has delivered countless babies, but nothing prepares her for the experience that unfolds when she arrives at Mary Wollstonecraft’s door. Over the eleven harrowing days that follow, as Mrs. Blenkinsop fights for the survival of both mother and newborn, Wollstonecraft recounts the life she dared to live amidst the impossible constraints and prejudices of the late 18th century, rejecting the tyranny of men and marriage, risking everything to demand equality for herself and all women. She weaves her riveting tale to give her fragile daughter a reason to live, even as her own strength wanes. Wollstonecraft’s urgent story of loss and triumph forms the heartbreakingly brief intersection between the lives of a mother and daughter who will change the arc of history and thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn radiant prose, Samantha Silva delivers an ode to the dazzling life of Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the world's most influential thinkers and mother of the famous novelist Mary Shelley. But at its heart, \u003ci\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the power of a woman reclaiming her own narrative to pass on to her daughter, and all daughters, for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLove and Fury:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA Best Novel of Summer (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vivid…Exciting…Silva succeeds in making Wollstonecraft a vibrant and forceful personality, full of both love and fury…Silva gives us a Wollstonecraft who is not overshadowed by historical forces, but who is instead herself \u003cb\u003ea force of nature — and history\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Magical…\u003cb\u003eA love letter to life itself\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written call to all of us to fill our own brief time with as much love, wisdom, suffering and, most important, beauty as possible.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003cb\u003eStirring\u003c\/b\u003e…Purely imagined…Moving.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A \u003cb\u003ethought-provoking\u003c\/b\u003e, beautifully written story of mothers and daughters.”\u003cbr\u003e—BuzzFeed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A heartbreaking novel of \u003cb\u003ecompassion and grace\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as an elegy to one of the world’s most influential thinkers.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eBeautifully human\u003c\/b\u003e. Even readers typically uninterested in this time period will find themselves sucked into Silva’s lyrical prose. Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHistorical Novel Society \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping…Silva’s \u003cb\u003eheartbreaking but inspiring\u003c\/b\u003e work captures the despair and joy, convictions and contradictions of an extraordinary woman.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wide-ranging, deep…Passionate…Related with superb detail…Silva's portrait of the revolutionary Wollstonecraft generates an absorbing tale of courage, sorrow, and the dance between independence and intimacy that \u003cb\u003edelivers a sense of triumphant catharsis\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e sparks with a thrilling jolt of electricity, reanimating the epic legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft, mother of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e author Mary Shelley, and a valiant feminist icon in her own right. Samantha Silva’s sensory prose is smartly crafted in a dual storyline delivered both as a daring midwife’s moving account of loss, and as a dying mother’s appeal to her newborn daughter to live. Together, the two weave \u003cb\u003ea spun-gold tale both sweeping and intimate\u003c\/b\u003e. Through this prism of history,\u003ci\u003e Love and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e shines with essential truths about love, womanhood, and the timeless struggle to define one’s self.”\u003cbr\u003e—Afia Atakora, author of \u003ci\u003eConjure Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Astonishing and groundbreaking. Silva’s Wollstonecraft is one of the most complex, kind and endearing characters in recent historical fiction, simultaneously strong and heartbreakingly vulnerable. A \u003cb\u003eprovocative, inspiring and timely\u003c\/b\u003e novel, \u003ci\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles not only a great historical figure but, just as movingly, a woman, wife and mother who learns to find love and home within herself.” \u003cbr\u003e—Natalie Jenner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLove and Fury \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully imagined novel that brings Mary Wollstonecraft to life, even as it tells the story of her tragic death. In Silva's hands, we get to meet the true Wollstonecraft in all of her splendor. An inspirational book for all readers. Silva's Wollstonecraft is wise, warm, and brilliant. \u003cb\u003eA tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—Charlotte Gordon, author of \u003ci\u003eRomantic Outlaws\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eIntensely moving\u003c\/b\u003e. Wollstonecraft's intellectual achievements are colossal in their own right, but for me they cannot be unstitched from the extraordinary and transgressive experiments of her life. These experiments are the stuff of Silva's book, and her writing is as fearless as its subject. \u003ci\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e is like watching newly-colorized archive film burst into life—I knew the story, but I never knew the story like this.” \u003cbr\u003e—Bee Rowlatt, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Mary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Here is a novel set on the border between living and dying, with a heroine so powerful she conquers all territories, including this one—and she conquered me, too. \u003ci\u003eLove and Fury\u003c\/i\u003e thrums with beauty, pain, sorrow, wonder, tragedy, triumph, and life. What an \u003cb\u003eextraordinary and transformative\u003c\/b\u003e book this is.”\u003cbr\u003e—Clare Beams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Illness Lesson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A gorgeous novel. Silva has given homage and light to Mary Wollstonecraft, feminist icon and mother of Mary Shelley, but so much more, creating a complex and loving novel all her own. This illuminating story harnesses the power women have—even in the midst of loss—to change the world, one woman's story at a time. \u003cb\u003eAn urgent masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e. Or should I say, Mistress-piece?\"\u003cbr\u003e—TaraShea Nesbit, author of \u003ci\u003eBeheld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250159113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40814296367310,"sku":"9781250159113","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a2a6df80-2ec7-465c-b27b-6bdcd0d74a75.jpg?v=1643359492","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250159113","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}