{"product_id":"myself-when-young-the-shaping-of-a-writer","title":"Daphne Du Maurier: Myself When Young [2004] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A delightful book, full of amusing and charming stories' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intimate view of a creative personality . . . as richly evocative as any of her novels'  \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMyself When Young\u003c\/i\u003e, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her subsequent marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, the writer is open and sometimes painfully honest about the difficult relationship with her father; her education in Paris; early love affairs; her antipathy towards London life and the theatre; her intense love for Cornwall and her desperate ambition to succeed as a writer. The resulting portrait is of a captivating and complex character. Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Du Maurier, Daphne \u0026 Taylor, Helen","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47810157969747,"sku":"XG81844080960","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/du-maurier-daphne-taylor-helen-myself-when-young-the-shaping-of-a-writer-xg81844080960-54925908574547.jpg?v=1726885757","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/myself-when-young-the-shaping-of-a-writer","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}