{"product_id":"i-am-you-9781918107005","title":"I Am You : A Sunday Times Book of the Month","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget\"Sarah Jessica Parker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"Elizabeth Fremantle\u003c\/p\u003e\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 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\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\u003cp\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 painter Maria van Oosterwijck during the Dutch Golden Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Victoria Redel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eRomance, Historical fiction, Feminism \u0026amp; feminist theory, Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian studies\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 Mar 2026 by Firefinch Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Victoria Redel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320202535290,"sku":"9781918107005","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781918107005.jpg?v=1790645876","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/pl\/products\/i-am-you-9781918107005","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}