{"product_id":"becoming-the-ex-wife-by-marsha-gordon-9780520409637","title":"Becoming the Ex-Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure.\"—\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention.\"—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe riveting biography of Ursula Parrott—best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCredited with popularising 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart biography, part cultural history, \u003cem\u003eBecoming the Ex-Wife\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855722565868,"sku":"9780520409637","price":50.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520409637.jpg?v=1759275291","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/becoming-the-ex-wife-by-marsha-gordon-9780520409637","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}