{"product_id":"a-whistling-woman-a-s-byatt-9780679776901","title":"A Whistling Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a brilliant and thought-provoking novel about the 1960s and how the psychology, science, religion, ethics, and radicalism of the times affected ordinary lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich, acerbic, wise.... [Byatt] tackles nothing less than what it means to be human.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Frederica Potter, a smart, spirited 33-year-old single mother, lucks into a job hosting a groundbreaking television talk show based in London. Meanwhile, in her native Yorkshire where her lover is involved in academic research, the university is planning a prestigious conference on body and mind, and a group of students and agitators is establishing an \"anti-university.\" And nearby a therapeutic community is beginning to take the shape of a religious cult under the influence of its charismatic religious leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Whistling Woman \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the antic, thrilling, and dangerous period of the late '60s as seen through the eyes of a woman whose life is forever changed by her times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. S. Byatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679776907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679776901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.32w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2004 pg. 24","brand":"A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981091176703,"sku":"9780679776901","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f375fec-6e49-4c58-b318-cd51b44788eb.jpg?v=1683253608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-whistling-woman-a-s-byatt-9780679776901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}