{"product_id":"intimate-wars-merle-hoffman-9781558617513","title":"Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"searingly honest debut memoir\" from an activist and award-winning journalist who made a woman's right to choose her life's work (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMerle Hoffman had built a life as a classical pianist and self-made millionaire before her passion for the equality and freedom of girls and women drew her to a bigger cause: protecting a woman's right to have a safe and legal abortion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoffman became an expert in women's reproductive healthcare and used her entrepreneurial spirit to build one of the most comprehensive women's medical centers in the country. In 1971, two years before the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision made abortion legal throughout the US, Hoffman founded the New York abortion clinic Choices. As a medical provider, she pioneered \"patient power,\" encouraging women to participate in their own health care decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fascinating cultural history of abortion features the life of a woman devoted to choice, and a provocative chronicle of the feminist movement that will startle and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"From her decision to adopt a child to her love affairs, this is the story of one woman's quest to live fully. Opinionated, fierce, bold and brash, \u003cem\u003eIntimate Wars\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles Hoffman's efforts to improve women's lives and influence history. She deserves our gratitude.\" --\u003cem\u003eTruthout\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Merle Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558617515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558617513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2011 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 128","brand":"Merle Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431384207615,"sku":"9781558617513","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa26c4bf-2c35-4c6c-84d1-11de959d7547.jpg?v=1735141163","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intimate-wars-merle-hoffman-9781558617513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}