{"product_id":"buy-by-any-other-name-jodi-picoult-rm20260128336","title":"By Any Other Name (Jodi Picoult)","description":"\u003ch1\u003e By Any Other Name \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: Jodi Picoult \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Published date: 2024 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9780241676059 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 4.1 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format C \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nFrom the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an ���inspiring��� (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart���one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare���s plays���who are both forced to hide behind another name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn���t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1581, young aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage���by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on . . . no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picoult, Jodi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42628742348877,"sku":"RM20260128336","price":155.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9780241676059_20251211_150111.jpg?v=1769619323","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/buy-by-any-other-name-jodi-picoult-rm20260128336","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}