{"product_id":"a-radical-romance-a-memoir-of-love-grief-and-consolation","title":"A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation","description":"A luminous memoir of love and grief from the author of Common People\nAlison Light met the radical social historian, Raphael Samuel, in London in 1986. Twenty years her senior, Raphael was a charismatic figure on the British Left, utterly driven by his work and by a commitment to collective politics. Within a year they were married. Within ten, Raphael would be dead.\nTheirs was an attraction of opposites - he from a Jewish Communist family with its roots in Russia and Eastern Europe, she from the English working class. In this chronicle of a passionate marriage, Alison Light peels back the layers of their time together, its intimacies and its estrangements.\nShe tells of moving into Raphael's cluttered 18th-century house in Spitalfields and into his equally full, unconventional life; of the whirlwind of change outside their door which brutally transformed London's old East End districts; of being widowed at 41, and finding inspiration in her friendship with Raphael's mother. Finally she reflects on the power of mourning and how it shapes a life.\nThrough its frank and touching account of a marriage between two very different people, it celebrates the capacity we all have to share our lives and to change our selves.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0241244501\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0241244501.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Light, Alison\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43115123802173,"sku":"BVV.0241244501.G","price":50.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0241244501-0.jpg?v=1776547840","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-radical-romance-a-memoir-of-love-grief-and-consolation","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}