{"title":"Rachael Stirling","description":"\u003cp\u003eRachael Stirling's works invite readers into intimate explorations of personal stories and reflections. Her writing often blends heartfelt memoir with insightful observations, offering a window into complex family dynamics and the nuances of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of \u003cem\u003eAll About My Mother\u003c\/em\u003e and similar titles will appreciate Stirling's thoughtful narrative style, characterised by emotional depth and clarity. Her books resonate with those drawn to \u003cstrong\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e that illuminate the delicate interplay between memory and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"all-about-my-mother-by-rachael-stirling-9781399820332","title":"All About My Mother","description":"Legendary actress Diana Rigg was a force to be reckoned with. Her 50+-year, multi-award-winning career included everything from the iconic smart-talking, cat-suited Emma Peel in the \u003ci\u003eAvengers\u003c\/i\u003e  to being the only Bond girl 007 ever married, to iconic stage performances in \u003ci\u003eMother Courage, Jumpers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMedea\u003c\/i\u003e and unforgettable TV appearances in \u003ci\u003eDetectorists\u003c\/i\u003e (in which Rachael played her daughter) and as Lady Tyrell in \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones. \u003c\/i\u003eShe never wrote an autobiography (but she clearly thought a lot about it) -- her highly unconventional life was full of incident and drama and she knew \u003ci\u003eeveryone\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerhaps you've never heard of Diana Rigg. That doesn't matter, for in these pages I intend to conjure her up in all her glory, and I promise you will feel as if you \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e know her by the end. In fact, I hope you will feel like you've known her always, been pissed together often, howled with laughter and sobbed alongside her for all eighty-two of her glorious years on Earth. Her story, her outlook, her legacy, is a lesson in living this life to the fullest: in following your instincts, in taking pleasure wherever there is pleasure to be taken, in loving with all your strength and might, in laughing, always at yourself first, and in being curious, now and forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer only child Rachael Stirling is a successful actress too - but it turns out she is also a wonderful writer. Mother and daughter were always very close and when Diana was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she moved in with Rachael and her husband Guy Garvey as well as their young son.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll About My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is Rachael's honest, funny, gossipy, sad and extremely moving attempt to bring the woman she knew and loved back to life so you can get to know her too.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48402632212716,"sku":"9781399820332","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399820332-all-about-my-mother-1.jpg?v=1790044882"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/rachael-stirling.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}