{"product_id":"9780520409637-becoming-the-ex-wife","title":"Becoming the Ex-Wife","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott—best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBecoming the Ex-Wife\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41812704329825,"sku":"9780520409637","price":22.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_29944432.jpg?v=1725875272","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780520409637-becoming-the-ex-wife","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}