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Summary
Raised by a mad mother and a half-mad sister, abandoned by her father, Praxis Duveen is a master of the art of survival. Her life, indeed, has been full: two marriages, unsuccessful; a brief but profitable career as a prostitute; a little dabbling in incest; a mercy killing; and an inadvertent reign as both apostle and victim of the women's movement.
Buffeted and battered by life, Praxis has survived with energy and humor intact. Her struggles with men and women, with mother and marriages, and most particularly, with herself, become, in Weldon's deft hands, a witty and trenchant commentary on what women wantand what they can actually get.
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- Title Praxis
- Author Fay Weldon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 251
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Date 1990-11-01
- ISBN 9780140144093 / 0140144099
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 2.03 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90007324
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Weldon writes with elegance and drive, delivering sentences like pellets from a BB gunwry, pithy, rapid-fire."
Newsweek
"Dazzlingpointing up the mad underside of our sexual politics with a venomous accuracy for which wit is far too mild a word"
The New York Times Book Review
"Weldon's most directly feminist novel A narrative that convinces, horrifies, and entertains"
Library Journal
Newsweek
"Dazzlingpointing up the mad underside of our sexual politics with a venomous accuracy for which wit is far too mild a word"
The New York Times Book Review
"Weldon's most directly feminist novel A narrative that convinces, horrifies, and entertains"
Library Journal
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