{"product_id":"i-am-you-trade-paperback","title":"I Am You (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 30 November 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA mesmerising historical novel, I Am You is a meditation on gender, an ode to artistic creation, and an unforgettable love story that reimagines the life of renowned still life painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Victoria Redel masterfully evokes the rich period of Golden Age Amsterdam . . . It is spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget\" Sarah Jessica Parker, 2025 Booker Prize Judge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta's ruse, she insists Gerta accompany her to Amsterdam and help her enter the elite, male-dominated art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Maria rises in the ranks of society as a painting prodigy, Gerta makes herself invaluable in every way: confidante, muse, lover. But as Gerta steps into her own talents, their relationship fractures into a complex web of obsession and rivalry, until the secrets they keep threaten to unravel everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A true stand out...With echoes of Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep, I Am You is earthy and fleshy and pulsates with suppressed emotions of rage, envy and desire. A wonder of a novel\" Elizabeth Fremantle, bestselling author of Firebrand\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victoria Redel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47622161662130,"sku":"9781918107074","price":396.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781918107074.jpg?v=1782480775","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/i-am-you-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}