{"product_id":"grace-michele-guinness-9781444753417","title":"Grace: The Remarkable Life of Grace Grattan Guinness","description":"Preparing for her husband's retirement from his parish, Michele Guinness, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guinness Legend\u003c\/i\u003e, decided to clear out the attic and in doing so rediscovered a trunk of letters, diaries, journals and notebooks, over one hundred years old, belonging to Grace Guinness, Peter's grandmother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost famous for her unconventional marriage to renowned speaker and evangelist Henry Grattan Guinness, Grace's journals reveal an extraordinary woman who in many ways was before her time: a rebel against the constraints of her narrow religious upbringing, unconventional in her choice of husband, defiant of a society that frowned on a well-bred single mother going out to work, a businesswoman who ran her own hotel, and an early feminist who believed in birth control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe worked until she was in her seventies, read \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e every day, got through at least one book a week and could comment eruditely on politics, science, philosophy, theology, music and literature... This was a woman who wrote in a frank and sometimes risqu  way about her life, love, hopes and fears, and encouraged others to break some of the taboos of their generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, Michele Guinness weaves together the revealing contents of Grace's own words with her own to create a unique and inspiring interpretation of this remarkable woman's life and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele Guinness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144475341X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781444753417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder Faith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Michele Guinness","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935790727423,"sku":"9781444753417","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_96ee0019-1288-4629-94fd-e43599e71aa6.jpg?v=1681421830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grace-michele-guinness-9781444753417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}