The Women's Room

By (author) Marilyn French; By (author) French Marilyn
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The classic feminist novel, reissued for its 30th anniversary.
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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. ''Today''s "desperate housewives" eat your heart out! This is the original and still the best, a page-turner that makes you think. Essential reading'' Kate Mosse ''They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine'' Jenni Murray ''Reading THE WOMEN''S ROOM was an intense and wonderful experience. It is in my DNA'' Kirsty Wark ''THE WOMEN''S ROOM took the lid off a seething mass of women''s frustrations, resentments and furies; it was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence'' OBSERVER
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The Women''s Room took the lid off a seething mass of women''s frustrations, resentments and furies; it was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence
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The first and last international bestseller of the women''s movement
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They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine
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Today''s "Desperate Housewives" eat your heart out! This is the original and still the best, a page-turner that makes you think. Essential reading
Biographical note
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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The classic feminist novel, reissued for its 30th anniversary.