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Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott
By (author) Marsha Gordon
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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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Publisher | University of California Press
Published date | 6 Aug 2024
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 314
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 454g
ISBN | 978-0-5204-0963-7
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / women
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