{"product_id":"jean-stafford-david-roberts-9780312302177","title":"Jean Stafford: The Life of a Writer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean Stafford burst on the literary scene in 1944, when, at the age of twenty-nine, she published her bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eBoston Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e. Three years later, \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003emagazine hailed her as the \"most brilliant of the new fiction writers.\" Bafflingly, for the rest of her life, Stafford would struggle--and fail--to capitalize on that early promise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Roberts' compelling biography examines Stafford's disastrous marriages, including her first marriage to the volatile poet Robert Lowell, which culminated for her in a lengthy stay in a psychiatric hospital. Beautiful and gifted, Stafford squandered her health as well as her talent, ending her life embittered and alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312302177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312302177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.08w x 1.23d","brand":"David Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48991650414847,"sku":"9780312302177","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jean-stafford-david-roberts-9780312302177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}