Marilyn French

Feminist author Marilyn Frenchs iconic and influential novel exploring the lives of women set in the rapidly changing world of the 1940s to the 1960s.Mira was hiding in the ladies room. She called it that, even though someone had scratched out the word ladies in the sign on the door, and written womens underneath So begins the famous feminist novel that follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the womens movement begins to have an impact on their lives.The story follows Mira as she grows from a young girl in the 1940s to a woman of the 1960s. As she experiences marriage, motherhood, and friendship as a woman of the 1950s, she grows increasingly lonely and unfulfilled. When she looks to the women in the neighborhood she has befriended, she realizes that they are suffering, too. But after Mira is faced with divorce and a near-tragedy, she begins a new chapter in her life that coincides with the Womens Liberation Movement in the 1960s. Although her life improves slightly as she gains more independence and discovers her lifes purpose, she still finds that women around her are still suffering as they navigate the ever-changing landscape of womanhood.Written with unwavering conviction and powerful prose, the themes in The Womens Room are still all too relevant today, and provide an essential jumping-off point for conversations still to come.

Vendu à plus de 20 millions dexemplaires dans le monde à sa parution à la fin des années 1970, ce texte fondateur du féminisme est à redécouvrir enfin dans une traduction entièrement révisée." Avec L

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 independenceOBSERVER The first and last international bestseller of the womens movementGUARDIAN They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4 A landmark in feminist literature, The Womens 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 womens movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Womens 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.

Eftir nokkrar rangar sjúkdómsgreiningar var Marilyn French loks árið 1992 greind með krabbamein í vélinda. Í þessum endurminningum leiðir hún lesendur í gegnum skelfilega reynslu sína af geisla- og l

La novela que escandalizó en los años setenta, hoy un clásico que sigue dando que hablar«Valiente, sincero y poderoso. Un libro que regalarías a veinte mujeres (y tal vez,anónimamente, a veinte hombr

La novela que escandalizó en los años setenta, hoy un clásico que sigue dando que hablar «Valiente, sincero y poderoso. Un libro que regalarías a veinte mujeres (y tal vez, anónimamente, a veinte h

La novela que escandalizó en los años setenta, hoy un clásico que sigue dando que hablar «Valiente, sincero y poderoso. Un libro que regalarías a veinte mujeres (y tal vez,anónimamente, a veinte homb