{"product_id":"love-other-monsters-hardcover","title":"Love \u0026 Other Monsters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the stormy, scandalous summer of 1816, daring eighteen-year-old Claire Clairmont changed the course of literature forever. But then--unlike her stepsister Mary Shelley--she was forgotten, until now.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the dangerous storms of The Year Without Summer, a group of famous young writers gathered at a mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Brilliant Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, her fiery fiancé Percy Shelley, the famously promiscuous Lord Byron, and John Polidori, his sexually tormented personal physician. At the group's center was Claire Clairmont, Mary's impressionable, clever, and dangerously loyal stepsister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose months of desire, betrayal, and creative passion gave the world the works of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, the modern vampire, and the mythic image of these Romantic literary giants. In this intense and propulsive story of love, lust, art and betrayal Claire tells her story, trying to solve the mystery of why she was all but erased from history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaire--herself a writer--is desperate to free herself from the uncomfortable role she plays in her sister's marriage in London. Fueled by Jane Austin's romantic novels, and believing love offers freedom, Claire begins an affair with celebrity Lord Byron and convinces Mary and Shelley to follow him to Switzerland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the threat of paparazzi lurking nearby, Claire's intimate connection to each member of the celebrity group grows more complex. Her journey of self-discovery leads her to document everyone's secrets in her journal, and when climate disaster causes food shortages, Claire learns to forage, determined to prove her worth in a world built by and created for men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe real Claire Clairmont poured her love, life, and razor-sharp wit into her pages, yet her journal from 1816 is curiously missing and each member of the group had a reason to take it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith searing relevance to our here and now--of celebrity worship, climate disaster, of complicated femininity, \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Other Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e is the untold origin story of Frankenstein, a feminist reckoning of sisters, survival, and the creation of monsters--both those on the page and those who walk among us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of more than twenty books including a poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eTell Me How You Got Here\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e, read aloud on National Public Radio, named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries, and longlisted for the London Sunday Times Short Story Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lioness of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the life of trailblazer Isabella Stewart Gardner, is in its tenth printing. \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Other Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e, historical fiction told from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley's forgotten stepsister who changed the course of literature forever, will be published in April 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45085119774896,"sku":"9781567928556","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1121\/0060\/files\/NIUrzg56MX9781567928556.webp?v=1777997024","url":"https:\/\/sidekicksptown.com\/products\/love-other-monsters-hardcover","provider":"Sidekicks Ptown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}