{"product_id":"9781784879907-the-image-of-her","title":"The Image of Her","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compelling novel about the requirement to be perfect, without losing sight of yourself - by the greatest feminist of the twentieth-century, Simone de Beauvoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLaurence is a woman who appears to live an ideal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWeekends in the country, weekdays in Paris - her life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie. She has money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy while she's at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Laurence is a woman whose experience of life has always been overwritten by the expectation of perfection. It is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence begins to act, finally grappling with a life that prizes image over truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49047321182427,"sku":"9781784879907","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5e72bbc6-6588-47ec-b5d9-facd3a6a16e7_cce7084e-fdd4-4b1c-8df3-25b351499bd6.jpg?v=1785418259","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781784879907-the-image-of-her","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}