{"product_id":"all-passion-spent-9780525433972","title":"All Passion Spent","description":"Irreverently funny and surprisingly moving, \u003ci\u003eAll Passion Spent\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a woman who discovers who she is just before it is too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the death of elder statesman Lord Slane--a former prime minister of Great Britain and viceroy of India--everyone assumes that his eighty-eight-year-old widow will slowly fade away in her grief, remaining as proper, decorative, and dutiful as she has been her entire married life. But the deceptively gentle Lady Slane has other ideas. First she defies the patronizing meddling of her children and escapes to a rented house in Hampstead. There, to her offspring's utter amazement, she revels in her new freedom, recalls her youthful ambitions, and gathers some very unsuitable companions--who reveal to her just how much she had sacrificed under the pressure of others' expectations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVITA SACKVILLE-WEST (1892-1962) was a writer and poet born in England to aristocratic parents. In 1913, she married diplomat Harold Nicolson and traveled extensively before settling in 1930 at Sissinghurst Castle, where she designed a world-famous garden. Sackville-West had an affair with Virginia Woolf and was the model for the protagonist of Woolf's \u003ci\u003eOrlando.\u003c\/i\u003e She is best known for her novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Edwardians\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll Passion Spent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669070057746,"sku":"9780525433972","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebb0923d-7ae0-4624-941c-786da861409f.jpg?v=1733755272","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-passion-spent-9780525433972","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}