Description
First published anonymously in 1929, Ursula Parrott's phenomenal bestseller of its day about a woman who has to forge a new path in life as an ex-wife combines dazzling jazz era ambience and the thrill of new found freedom with timeless themes of loneliness and the double standards of patriarchal society.
'A forgotten classic: darkly funny and startlingly contemporary, full of witty one-liners and stop-you-in-your-tracks observations about romance, work, and life.' (Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually).
'I was floored: truly brilliant.' (Meg Mason, Sorrow and Bliss)
It feels remarkable to be a deserted wife when one is only twenty-four.
New York, 1924. Patricia and Peter are a thoroughly modern married couple. Both drink. Both smoke. Both work. Both believe in 'Love-Outside-Marriage'. Until they don't. Or, really, until he doesn't. So when Peter pushes for divorce with increasing violence, Patricia has to forge a new life as a single woman: as an ex-wife.
A sensational bestseller in 1929, yet utterly timeless, Ex-Wifeplunges us into the 'era of the one-night stand'. It evokes not only the Manhattan bars, fashion advertising offices, female friendships and all-night parties of a dazzling city, but the hollow affairs, emotional hangovers, backstreet abortions, and struggles for sexual freedoms amidst the moral double standards of a patriarchal world.
Book Details
Format: |
Paperback |
Number of Pages: |
304 |
ISBN: |
9780571388059 |
Published: |
1 Aug 2024 |
Weight: |
258g |
Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 20 (mm) |
Language: |
English |
