{"product_id":"becoming-the-ex-wife-marsha-gordon-9780520391543","title":"Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Credited with popularizing the label \"ex-wife\" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorc馥s, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marsha Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520391543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520391543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Marsha Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070111805695,"sku":"9780520391543","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c286ecf7-129c-4afc-9741-54c041ac9342.jpg?v=1685428424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-the-ex-wife-marsha-gordon-9780520391543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}