{"product_id":"neverland-piers-dudgeon-9781605981918","title":"Neverland: J.M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers, and the Dark Side of Peter Pan","description":"In his revelatory Neverland, Piers Dudgeon tells the tragic story of J. M. Barrie and the Du Maurier family. Driven by a need to fill the vacuum left by sexual impotence, Barrie sought out George du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier s grandfather (author of the famed Trilby), who specialized in hypnosis. Barrie s fascination and obsession with the Du Maurier family is a shocking study of greed and psychological abuse, as we observe Barrie as he applies these lessons in mind control to captivate George s daughter Sylvia, his son Gerald, as well as their children who became the inspiration for the Darling family in Barrie s immortal Peter Pan. Barrie later altered Sylvia s will after her death so that he could become the boys legal guardian, while pushing several members of the family to nervous breakdown and suicide. Barrie s compulsion to dominate was so apparent to those around him that D. H. Lawrence once wrote: J. M Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piers Dudgeon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605981915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605981918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.08w x 0.98d","brand":"Piers Dudgeon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047122235647,"sku":"9781605981918","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d8ba8b4-25f7-4fdd-a330-af95b4d444b7.jpg?v=1684988386","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neverland-piers-dudgeon-9781605981918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}