Marilyn French's 1977 novel The Women's Room epitomised the feminist movement and became one of the most influential books of our time. Now she has captured the complexities of life for the generation that came of age with The Women's Room in her highly anticipated new novel The Love Children . It is the late 1960s in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Grateful Dead is playing on the radio and teenagers are wearing long hair and blue jeans. Jess Leighton, the daughter of a temperamental painter and a proto-feminist Harvard professor, is struggling to make sense of her world amid racial tensions, Vietnam War protests, and anti-government rage. With more options than her mother's generation, but no role model for creating the life she desires, Jess experiments with sex and psychedelic drugs as she searches for happiness on her own terms. In the midst of joining and fleeing a commune, growing organic vegetables, and operating a sustainable restaurant, Jess grapples with the legacy of her mother's generation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Feminist Press at T.H.E. City University of New York
ISBN-13
9781558616066
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90301241
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Love Children
Author
Marylin French
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
325 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
215mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
339g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Marylin French
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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