Mothers of the Mind: The Remarkable Women Who Shaped Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie and Sylvia Plath

by Rachel Trethewey

The stories of the remarkable mothers who shaped Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Sylvia Plath

Julia Stephen, Clara Miller, and Aurelia Plath were fascinating women in their own rights, and their relationships with their daughters were exceptional; they profoundly influenced the writers' lives, literature, and attitude to feminism.

This book charts the complex, often contradictory, bond between these mothers and daughters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803991895
• ISBN13: 9781803991894
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 368 Pages