Goodreads asked Sharon Wright:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sharon Wright It's complicated, but I do explain in the foreword how I came to write The Mother of the Brontës. Essentially, I could not understand why no-one had ever told the life story of this remarkable woman, Regency lady of letters, lover of Patrick and mother of genius. Mrs Brontë has been a bit of a mystery for almost 200 years. I wanted to finally bring her out of the shadows of her daughters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. Maria had a big life before she had a big family - and her impact on her remarkable children is there to see.

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