The Women's Room Paperback - 2009
by Marilyn French; Preface by Marilyn French; Foreword by Dorothy Allison
The twenty-one-million copy bestseller-available again for anew generation of readersOriginally published in 1977, The Women's Roomwas a novel that-for the first time-expressed the inner lives ofwomen who left education and professional advancement behindto marry in the 1950s, only to find themselves adrift and unableto support themselves after divorce in the 1970s. Some becamedestitute, a few went insane. But many went back to school in theheyday of the Women's Liberation movement, and were swept up inthe promise of equality for both sexes. Marilyn French's charactersrepresent this wide cross section of American women, and her wryand pointed voice gives depth and emotional intensity to this timelessbook that remains controversial and completely relevant.
Summary
From the rear cover
The bestselling feminist novel that awakened both women and men, The Women's Room follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Women's Room is a modern classic that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. Marilyn French questions those accepted norms and poignantly portrays the hopeful believers looking for new truths.
From the jacket flap
The classic feminist novel that awakened both men and women, The Women's Room follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire.
Details
- Title The Women's Room
- Author Marilyn French; Preface by Marilyn French; Foreword by Dorothy Allison
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Date 2009-05-27
- ISBN 9780143114505 / 0143114506
- Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.05 in (21.34 x 14.22 x 2.67 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Feminists, Middle-aged women
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009019398
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
-San Francisco Chronicle
" I kept forgetting it was fiction . . . [French's] women pulse with life and individuality."
-The New York Times
"The kind of book that changes lives."
-Fay Weldon
Citations
- Time, 05/18/2009, Page 17
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