ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BESTSELLING NOVELS OF THE MODERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT

'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER

'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN

'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4

A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely.

It follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Women's Room is a modern classic that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. Marilyn French questions those accepted norms and poignantly portrays the hopeful believers looking for new truths.

The classic feminist novel, reissued for its 30th anniversary.

About the Author

Marilyn French (1929-2009) was regarded as one of the greatest living feminist writers. Her controversial and provocative first novel, The Women's Room published in 1977, sold twenty million copies worldwide and quickly became a classic of the women's movement. She was also mentioned in the 1982 ABBA song, The Day Before You Came. Additionally, Marilyn French was a literary critic.

French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1992. This experience was the basis for her book A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998). French died from heart failure at age seventy-nine from Manhattan, New York City.

Reviews
The Women's Room took the lid off a seething mass of women's frustrations, resentments and furies; it was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence * Observer *
The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement * Guardian *
They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine -- Jenni Murray, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour
Today's "Desperate Housewives" eat your heart out! This is the original and still the best, a page-turner that makes you think. Essential reading -- Kate Mosse



Book Information
ISBN 9781860492822
Author Marilyn French
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Virago Press Ltd
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 372g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 46mm