{"product_id":"9781529083446","title":"Briefly, A Delicious Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize'Wildly seductive' - Sarah Waters'Exquisite' - New York Times'Deeply enjoyable' - Daily TelegraphBriefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens is a story about breaking convention, and about love -  secret, forbidden, unrequited.   Blanca has been dead for a few centuries when she falls in love - instantly and devotedly - with celebrated novelist George Sand. George is unlike anyone Blanca has encountered in hundreds of years of haunting: a woman dressed in men's clothes, a ferocious writer, a passionate lover of men and women alike and an ambivalent mother.   It is 1838, and George has come to the island of Mallorca with her ailing lover, Fr�d�ric Chopin. As the weather and the locals turn against this strange couple, can the love of a teenage ghost keep them from disaster?'Dazzling' - Melissa Broder, author of The Pisces and Milk Fed`A luscious, multi-sensory bewitchment of a book' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies`A shining work of art' - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory'Electrifyingly beautiful, exhilaratingly clever . . . sensual, original, intelligent and brimming with love' - Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock`Hugely accomplished' - The Guardian`A playful, otherworldly debut' - Stylist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45460652064989,"sku":"9781529083446","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529083446.jpg?v=1720016553","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529083446","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}