{"product_id":"the-assumption-of-the-rogues-rascals-9780586090404","title":"The Assumption of the Rogues \u0026 Rascals","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Smart was born in Ottawa  Canada  in 1913. She was educated at private schools in Canada and for a year at Kings College  University of London. One day  while browsing in a London bookshop  she chanced upon a slim volume of poetry by George Barker - and fell passionately in love with him through the printed word. Eventually they communicated directly and  as a result of Barkers impecunious circumstances  Elizabeth Smart flew both him and his wife to the United States. Thus began one of the most extraordinary  intense and ultimately tragic love affairs of our time. They never married but Elizabeth bore George Barker four children and their relationship provided the impassioned inspiration for one of the most moving and immediate chronicles of a love affair ever written - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Originally published in 1945  this remarkable book is now widely recognized as a classic work of poetic prose which  more than four decades later  has retained all of its searing poignancy  beauty and power of impact. After the war  Elizabeth Smart supported herself and her family with journalism and advertising work. In 1963 she became literary and associate editor of Queen magazine but subsequently dropped out of the literary scene to live quietly in a remote part of Suffolk. Elizabeth Smart died in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792637976629,"sku":"ByrdShop_0586090401","price":65.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780586090404.jpg?v=1784757558","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-assumption-of-the-rogues-rascals-9780586090404","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}