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Moving seamlessly between the Volks’ 1950s Manhattan home and Schiap’s astonishing life in New York, Rome and Paris (among pals like Dali, Duchamp, Picasso), The Art of Being a Woman weaves Audrey’s notions of female domesticity with Schiap’s groundbreaking creative vision to tell the witty, wise and utterly delightful story of how a young girl learned that there is more than one way to be a woman.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49505744716049,"sku":"GOR006403391","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49582327234833,"sku":"GOR004763929","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0091944570.jpg?v=1750693702"},{"product_id":"stuffed-book-patricia-volk-9780747561712","title":"Stuffed","description":"'We were a restaurant family, four generations in a six-block radius. 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