{"product_id":"outside-voices-joan-gelfand-9798888450048","title":"Outside Voices: A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBerkeley, 1972: a hotbed of creativity where painters, filmmakers, musicians, and writers inspire a young poet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSecond-wave feminism, inspired by Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug, and Betty Friedan is swelling into a tsunami. Women are joining together to change power dynamics in politics, the home, and the workplace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn election day, Joan Gelfand casts her vote for George McGovern and boards a plane from New York to California. With one introduction to a woman musician, Joan's journey to become a writer is born. Embraced by a thriving women's community of artists, filmmakers, musicians, poets, and writers, Joan is encouraged to find her voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMentored by paradigm-changing writers, Joan finds the courage to face her darkest fears through poetry and art, mining the trauma she experienced after losing her father and questioning her Jewish identity. Reminiscent of Paris in the twenties, Greenwich Village in the sixties, and Berlin in the eighties, Berkeley in the seventies was the \"it\" city of America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside Voices\u003c\/i\u003e reports the ups and downs of finding one's way as an artist, living with a women's band, forging an independent Jewish identity, founding a women's restaurant, and becoming a published writer and songwriter while exploring the limits of sexuality and spirituality. The story includes road trips to music festivals in the woods, beaches in Mexico, concerts in Southern California, and a retreat in the Pacific Northwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA triumphant story of determination and will, \u003ci\u003eOutside Voices\u003c\/i\u003e is a backstage look at the women's movement that sets the stage for decades of change. This book is a firsthand look at how the power of community emboldened innovation, social change, and self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Gelfand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8888450041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888450048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Post Hill Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 5.85w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2023","brand":"Joan Gelfand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44491518411007,"sku":"9798888450048","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa213277-b7f9-4991-8e8e-36fd2aa84335.jpg?v=1699451655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/outside-voices-joan-gelfand-9798888450048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}