{"product_id":"the-real-minerva-9780618618880","title":"The Real Minerva","description":"\u003cp\u003eMinerva, Minnesota, in 1923 is the picture of Willa Cather-like gentility: the Northern Pacific Railway runs through a town center dominated by church steeples and the Hamilton Creamery and Pop Factory. But Minerva is also a small town of limited opportunity, a place where the status quo is firmly entrenched and rigidly enforced. Against this tableau of midwestern placidity and calm, three Minerva women assert their dignity and independence against all odds.\u003cbr\u003e The troubled relationship between young Penny and her mother, Barbara, is getting worse. Disturbed by her mother's affair with the man they clean house for, Penny answers an ad to work for Cora Egan, a Chicago society woman who has fled a bad marriage and intends to raise her child alone on her grandfather's farm. Cora's situation shocks the town, but over time her presence opens a door in Penny's and Barbara's lives. Through these women, Mary Sharratt considers what it takes to reinvent the self, to claim one's true identity.\u003cbr\u003e Mary Sharratt's first novel, Summit Avenue, was hailed as a remarkablel debut . . . [that] weaves dark, evocative fairy tales and passionate longings into an incandescent coming-of-age story (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Readers interested in feminine archetypes and women in myth will be similarly drawn to Sharratt's newest novel. Exquisite historical detail and emotional resonance infuseThe Real Minerva, an old-fashioned story with a modern spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Sharratt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.10w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618618880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharratt, Mary:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARY SHARRATT, the author of seven critically acclaimed novels, is on a mission to write strong women back into history. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eDaughters of the Witching Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, the Nautilus Award-winning \u003ci\u003eIlluminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Lady's Mask: A Novel of Shakespeare's Muse, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEcstasy, \u003c\/i\u003e about the life, loves, and music of Alma Mahler. She is an American who lives in Lancashire, England. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40075940724851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0236c14d-ff68-47b2-98d0-5df5186b8769.jpg?v=1652105759","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-real-minerva-9780618618880","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}