{"product_id":"simone-de-beauvoir-the-image-of-her-1","title":"Simone de Beauvoir: The Image of Her (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage Classics, 2026, Paperback, 208 pages, 12.8 x 19.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLaurence is a woman who appears to live an ideal life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeekends in the country, weekdays in Paris – her life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie. She has money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy while she’s at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Laurence is a woman whose experience of life has always been overwritten by the expectation of perfection. It is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence begins to act, finally grappling with a life that prizes image over truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58270204395904,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/71vQvzGM0dL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781517932","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/simone-de-beauvoir-the-image-of-her-1","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}