Becoming the Ex-Wife : The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott Hardback
by Marsha Gordon
Hardback
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"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure."—The New Yorker"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention."—New York Times The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott—best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman. Credited with popularizing the label "ex-wife" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women, single mothers, work-life balance, and a host of new challenges facing modern women.
Her best sellers, Hollywood film deals, marriages and divorces, and run-ins with the law made her a household name.
Part biography, part cultural history, Becoming the Ex-Wife establishes Parrott's rightful place in twentieth-century American culture, uncovering her neglected work and keen insights into American women's lives during a period of immense social change. Although she was frequently dismissed as a "woman's writer," reading Parrott's writing today makes it clear that she was a trenchant philosopher of modernity—her work was prescient, anticipating issues not widely raised until decades after her decline into obscurity.
With elegant wit and a deft command of the archive, Marsha Gordon tells a timely story about the life of a woman on the front lines of a culture war that is still raging today.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 43 b-w illustrations
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:25/04/2023
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- ISBN:9780520391543
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 43 b-w illustrations
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:25/04/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520391543
