{"product_id":"now-voyager-olive-higgins-prouty-9781558614765","title":"Now, Voyager","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat iconic American melodrama that inspired the 1943 cult classic film starring Bette Davis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Don't let's ask for the moon! We have the stars!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe film \u003ci\u003eNow, Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with these famous words, which reaffirmed Bette Davis's own stardom and changed the way Americans smoked cigarettes. But few fans of this rich story know its source. Olive Higgins Prouty's 1941 novel provides a rich, complex portrait of the inner life of its protagonist and the society she inhabits. Over half a century later, it still offers fresh and quietly radical takes on psychiatric treatment, traditional family life, female desire, and women's agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoston blueblood Charlotte Vale has led an unhappy, sheltered life. Dowdy, repressed, and pushing forty, Charlotte finds salvation in the unlikely form of a nervous breakdown, placing her at a sanitarium, where she undergoes treatment to rebuild her ravaged self-esteem and uncover her true intelligence and charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFemmes Fatales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e restores to print the best of women's writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olive Higgins Prouty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558614761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558614765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 204","brand":"Olive Higgins Prouty","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078419116287,"sku":"9781558614765","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64b131ac-b5e2-48bd-93d4-f61456233016.jpg?v=1685475402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/now-voyager-olive-higgins-prouty-9781558614765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}