{"product_id":"9781529981544","title":"Open Me Carefully","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WITH A FOREWORD BY JULIEN BAKER***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long-buried love story comes to life.\u003cbr\u003eEmily Dickinson as you've never read her before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Dickinson is one of our greatest poets. When her work was published posthumously in the 1890s, she almost instantly became a sensation. And yet, for one hundred years, her personal life was subject to censorship and misinterpretation, with little regard for her sister-in-law, neighbour and best friend: 'dear Sue'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Huntington Dickinson was Emily's first reader, her greatest critic and collaborator - and, as their correspondence shows, the true love of her life\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eIn June 1852, Emily sent a letter to Susan with the tender instruction, \u003ci\u003eopen me carefully\u003c\/i\u003e…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmerse yourself in these sapphic letters spanning thirty-six years and witness a love that matures to become as steadfast as a heartbeat. Gone is Emily the lonely spinster, isolated in her room; here arrives a passionate, vibrant woman who had an intense spiritual, romantic and intellectual connection with another woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited and curated by two prominent Dickinson scholars, \u003ci\u003eOpen Me Carefully\u003c\/i\u003e includes twenty poems and a letter that had never been attributed to Susan before. It will make you laugh and it will break your heart - it is for anyone who has ever been in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Iridescent, puzzling, explosive'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louise, Hart, Ellen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56981380956546,"sku":"9781529981544","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781529981544.jpg?v=1792065386","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529981544","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}