Ex-Wife
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- Synopsis
- An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929—the story of a divorce and its aftermath, which scandalized the Jazz Age. It's 1924, and Peter and Patricia have what looks to be a very modern marriage. Both drink. Both smoke. Both work, Patricia as a head copywriter at a major department store. When it comes to sex with other people, both believe in &“the honesty policy.&” Until they don&‘t. Or, at least, until Peter doesn&‘t—and a shell-shocked, lovesick Patricia finds herself starting out all over again, but this time around as a different kind of single woman: the ex-wife. An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929, Ex-Wife captures the speakeasies, night clubs, and parties that defined Jazz Age New York—alongside the morning-after aspirin and calisthenics, the lunch-hour visits to the gym, the girl-talk, and the freedoms and anguish of solitude. It also casts a cool eye on the bedrooms and the doctor&’s offices where, despite rising hemlines, the men still call the shots. The result is a unique view of what its author Ursula Parrott called &“the era of the one-night stand&”: an era very much like our own.
- Copyright:
- 1929
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 232 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781946022578
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781946022561
- Publisher:
- McNally Editions
- Date of Addition:
- 05/02/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Bennett