{"product_id":"9781918107142","title":"I Am You : A Sunday Times Book of the Month","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Redel, Victoria\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eRomance\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 10 September 2026 by Firefinch Publishing in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 26 | 284g\u003cp\u003e'Spellbinding, wonderfully atmospheric, and impossible to forget' Sarah Jessica Parker'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 FremantleAt 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","brand":"Redel, Victoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54057757212856,"sku":"9781918107142","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781918107142.jpg?v=1788883430","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781918107142","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}