Becoming George Sand: A novel

Maria Jameson, an Edinburgh academic, is passionately involved with a younger man and married to a steady, reliable husband with whom she has two children. She wonders: Is it possible to love two men at the same time? And must she feel guilty? For answers she reaches across the centuries to the life story of George Sand, the maverick French novelist whose many lovers included the composer Frederic Chopin. While researching a book about Sand — and enduring bitter disappointment — she moves toward understanding how best to live her life. This is a richly detailed novel that explores past and present, the personal and the historic, and sensuality, responsibility and the mystery of love. Sharply insightful, it is a deeply engaging examination of two women's minds, hearts and homes.

Literature & Fiction

Brackenbury, Rosalind

Literary

Doubleday, Canada

Maria Jameson, an Edinburgh academic, is passionately involved with a younger man and married to a steady, reliable husband with whom she has two children. She wonders: Is it possible to love two men at the same time? And must she feel guilty? For answers she reaches across the centuries to the life story of George Sand, the maverick French novelist whose many lovers included the composer Frederic Chopin. While researching a book about Sand — and enduring bitter disappointment — she moves toward understanding how best to live her life. This is a richly detailed novel that explores past and present, the personal and the historic, and sensuality, responsibility and the mystery of love. Sharply insightful, it is a deeply engaging examination of two women's minds, hearts and homes. From the Hardcover edition.

Anchor Canada

Maria Jameson is having an affair—a passionate, lifechanging affair. She asks: Is it possible to love two men at once? Must this new romance mean an end to love with her husband? For answers, she reaches across the centuries to George Sand, the maverick French novelist who took many lovers. Immersing herself in the life of this revolutionary woman, Maria struggles with the choices women make and wonders if women in the nineteenth century might have been more free, in some ways, than their twenty-first-century counterparts. Here, Rosalind Brackenbury creates a beautiful portrait of the ways in which women are connected across history. Two narratives delicately intertwine—following George through her affair with Frederic Chopin, following Maria through her affair with an Irish professor—and bring us a novel that explores the personal and the historical, the demands of self and the mysteries of the heart. Sharply insightful, Becoming George Sand asks how we make our lives feel vibrant while still acknowledging the gifts of our pasts, and challenges our understanding of love in all its forms—sparkling and new, mature, rekindled, and renewed.

Becoming George Sand

United States

Mariner Books

A Virtual Image

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Harvester Press

Sense and Sensuality

Taplinger Publishing Company

Noted British author, Rosalind Brackenbury, prize-winning short story writer, poet and well-reviewed novelist, steps back from her own writing to reveal her creative process. Her advice is rendered in a fluid, conversational tone, both accessible and memorable. THE NOVEL IN YOU is lush with classic examples, personal anecdotes, and accompanied by practical exercises for the serious novelist. It essentially hands over the keys that unlock the sought after components of inspiration, discipline, construction, and ultimately better writing.

The Novel In You: A novelist's guide to writing better fiction

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Antaeus Books, Inc.

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Paris Still Life: A Novel

Lake Union Publishing

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The Lost Love Letters of Henri Fournier: A Novel

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