{"product_id":"by-any-other-name-jodi-picoult","title":"By Any Other Name, Jodi Picoult","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoung playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders, if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how playwrights' words can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in intertwining timelines, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBy Any Other Name,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on, no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e544 pages, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.48 x 1.62 x 9.54 inches, \u003c\/span\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45693397795041,"sku":"9780593497210","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/Screenshot2024-09-09at3.32.45PM.png?v=1725910375","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/by-any-other-name-jodi-picoult","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}