{"product_id":"9781416594994","title":"A Short History of Women : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Short History of Women\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kate Walbert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA profoundly moving portrait of the complicated legacies of mothers and daughters, \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Women \u003c\/i\u003echronicles five generations of women from the close of the nineteenth century through the early years of the twenty-first.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in 1914 at the deathbed of Dorothy Trevor Townsend, a suffragette who starves herself for the cause, the novel traces the echoes of her choice in the stories of her descendants—a brilliant daughter who tries to escape the burden of her mother’s infamy; a granddaughter who chooses a conventional path, only to find herself disillusioned; a great-granddaughter who wryly articulates the free-floating anxiety of post-9\/11 Manhattan. In a kaleidoscope of characters and with a richness of imagery, emotion, and wit, \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Women \u003c\/i\u003eis a thought-provoking and vividly original narrative that crisscrosses a century—a book for \"any woman who has ever struggled to find her own voice; to make sense of being a mother, wife, daughter, and lover\" (Associated Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Wickedly smart . . . A gorgeously wrought and ultimately wrenching work of art.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Leah Hager Cohen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (cover review)\u003cbr\u003e\"Ambitious and impressive . . . Reminiscent of a host of innovative writers from Virginia Woolf to Muriel Spark to Pat Barker . . . A witty and assured testament to the women’s movement and women writers, obscure and renowned.”—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A subtle and profound book, as thought-provoking as it is moving.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Ann Packer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dive From Clausen’s Pier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a marvelous book: one part Transit of Venus, one part Stone Diaries, one part incomparable. Actually, that's not true: she write like a female Ian McEwan.\"--Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781416594994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40928375898318,"sku":"9781416594994","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_899f62b9-aeca-4ef6-a4a8-38a9897143c1.jpg?v=1645645255","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781416594994","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}