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ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BESTSELLING NOVELS OF THE MODERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT
'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER
'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN
'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4
A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely.
It 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.
'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER
'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN
'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4
A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely.
It 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.
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betsy hughes
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July 15, 2018
I read this in the seventies in my early teens, gave it to my mum in fact.
I loved it from the first, it made me think about everything. I realized it
was not about hating men, it was about how people interact and what we do
to each other, female & male. It's about choices. I have reread it many
times to remind me not to be judgmental to anyone. But don't compromise my
character! It is not an easy book, but neither is life, keep living &
learning is the message I got the first time and though times change,
attitudes are the difficulty that the fight will always be about, so start
with you.
About the author
Marilyn French (1929-2009) was regarded as one of the greatest living feminist writers. Her controversial and provocative first novel, The Women's Room published in 1977, sold twenty million copies worldwide and quickly became a classic of the women's movement. She was also mentioned in the 1982 ABBA song, The Day Before You Came. Additionally, Marilyn French was a literary critic.
French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1992. This experience was the basis for her book A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998). French died from heart failure at age seventy-nine from Manhattan, New York City.
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