{"title":"Susan Pedersen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Pedersen\u003c\/strong\u003e offers compelling works that delve into personal histories and intimate memoirs. Her books, such as \u003cem\u003eBurn This Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the resonance of individual lives against broader social and historical backdrops, inviting readers to reflect on memory, identity, and connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly detailed narratives that blend emotional depth with meticulous research. Pedersen’s writing captures the nuances of lived experience, making her biographies and memoirs both insightful and deeply human.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"burn-this-letter-by-susan-pedersen-9781399806237","title":"Burn This Letter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBurn This Letter\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a compelling mystery: Why did so many letters between Lady Frances and Lady Betty Balfour start with the phrase, 'BURN THIS!'? What were they hiding?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlike in many ways—political, passionate, argumentative, and deeply intelligent—Frances and Betty became close friends when they became sisters-in-law. However, there was a complication: Frances was in love with Betty's husband. Their unconventional solution was an 'experiment in living', a ménage à quatre. They set up homes on the same street, sharing everything: money, meals, governesses, and husbands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Susan Pedersen discovered their amazing cache of letters, she was spellbound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe tend to view elite women of this era romantically, tracking whom they will marry, but we don't always follow them into their marriages as they struggle to lead consequential lives. Marriage isn't the end of women's lives. It can be, as it was for Frances and Betty, the catalyst to political activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePedersen's book follows this extraordinary friendship as both women seized every freedom afforded to them by the changing times. They left their drawing rooms for the streets and the soapbox, joining the fight for women's suffrage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the untold story of two women—radicals, rivals, sisters—who carved a path together through an elite male world, sharing their ideals, heartbreaks, and most of all, their secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47310110785772,"sku":"9781399806237","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399806237.jpg?v=1771191694"},{"product_id":"burn-this-letter-by-susan-pedersen-9781399806220","title":"Burn This Letter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA remarkable story. We must be grateful that the recipients ignored one another's frequent exhortations to set fire to the missives after reading... Pedersen is as interested in her heroines' social lives as she is in their political ambitions. And here is where the book earns its place on the history curriculum... Fascinating\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBURN THIS! Why did so many letters between Lady Frances and Lady Betty Balfour begin this way? What did they have to hide?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlike in so many ways - political, passionate, argumentative, and deeply intelligent. It's no surprise that once Frances and Betty became sisters-in-law, they became close friends. There was just one problem. Frances was in love with Betty's husband. Their unconventional solution they found was an 'experiment in living', a ménage à quatre. 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