{"product_id":"mothers-of-the-mind-the-remarkable-women-who-shaped-virginia-woolf-agatha-christie-and-sylvia-plath-paperback-1","title":"Mothers of the Mind: The Remarkable Women Who Shaped Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie and Sylvia Plath - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Trethewey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The relationship between my grandmother and her mother was very important and indeed crucial to her childhood and the very early days of her writing ... So, to have more insight into this particular aspect of my grandmother's early life is very valuable.' --Mathew Prichard, Agatha Christie's grandson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie and Sylvia Plath are three of our most famous authors. For the first time this book tells in full the story of the remarkable mothers who shaped them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Julia Stephen, Clara Miller and Aurelia Plath were fascinating women in their own rights, and their relationships with their daughters were exceptional; they profoundly influenced the writers' lives, literature and attitude to feminism. Too often in the past Virginia, Agatha and Sylvia have been defined by their lovers-\u003ci\u003eMothers of the Mind \u003c\/i\u003eredresses the balance by charting the complex, often contradictory, bond between mother and daughter. Drawing on previously unpublished sources from archives around the world and accounts from family and friends of the women, this book offers a new perspective on these iconic authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Trethewey \u003c\/b\u003estudied History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she won the Philip Geddes Prize for student journalism. During her journalistic career she wrote features for the\u003ci\u003e Daily Mail \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e, and subsequently reviewed history books for \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has previously written \u003ci\u003eThe Churchill GIrls \u003c\/i\u003e(2021) about Winston's daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47572032389341,"sku":"9781803998350","price":40.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/BelgEwI63P9781803998350_b8100c83-d3ec-4f2b-957b-4ff6ec739733.webp?v=1773385076","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/mothers-of-the-mind-the-remarkable-women-who-shaped-virginia-woolf-agatha-christie-and-sylvia-plath-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}