{"product_id":"9780349012117","title":"The Hyacinth Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the greatest of poets, T.S. Eliot protected his privacy while publicly associated with three women: two wives and a church-going companion. This presentation concealed a life-long love for an American: Emily Hale, a drama teacher to whom he wrote (and later suppressed) over a thousand letters. Hale was the source of 'memory and desire' in 'The Waste Land'; she is the Hyacinth Girl. Drawing on new material of the recently unsealed 1,131 letters Eliot wrote to Hale, biographer Lyndall Gordon reveals a hidden Eliot. Emily Hale now becomes the first and consistently important woman of life - and his art. Gordon also offers new insight into the other spirited women who shaped him: Vivienne, the flamboyant wife with whom he shared a private wasteland; Mary Trevelyan, his companion in prayer; and Valerie Fletcher, the young disciple to whom he proposed when his relationship with Emily foundered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Virago","offers":[{"title":"Lyndall \/ Gordon","offer_id":44444245983546,"sku":"9780349012117","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/products\/9780349012117.jpg?v=1675440350","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.pro\/products\/9780349012117","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}