{"product_id":"celebrating-women-women-writing-on-women","title":"Celebrating Women: Women Writing on Women: Family, Friends, Feminism and Fun","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA captivating collection of women’s writing—including everything from poetry, letters, novels, memoir, and journals—that celebrates the joy of being a woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile centuries of men, and the first generations of feminists have (from very different perspectives) lamented the experience of womanhood, this new collection takes a refreshing look at all there is to enjoy. Chapters include “Firsts” with voices such as Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and Marie Curie, the first female Nobel prizewinner; “Festivities,” which emphasizes frivolity and pleasure; “Friends” exploring the depth of connection experienced through female friendship; “Family,” on mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers; and “Flowering,” which celebrates women’s creativity, passion, and love of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Amy Tan representing the uplifting comfort of parties with friends in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to Sylvia Plath considering the fierce and confusing love she feels for her mother, and Elizabeth I embracing her role as Britain’s first successful woman ruler, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCelebrating Women\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes a diverse range of voices from across the ages that explores the breadth and gratification experience in different women’s lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains a huge selection of writers dating back to the fifteenth century, from Christine de Pizan to Emily Dickinson, Germaine Greer to Alice Walker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"background-color: #6ba292; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 12px; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSarah Gristwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a biographer, journalist, and commenter on royal affairs. Her previous books include the bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArbella: England’s Lost Queen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and biographies of Beatrix Potter, Winston Churchill, Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, and HM Queen Elizabeth II. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Patron of Historic Royal Palaces, and regularly contributes to TV documentary series and coverage of royal events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Batsford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47822183760131,"sku":null,"price":127.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/3146\/3427\/files\/celebrating-women-1.jpg?v=1772784347","url":"https:\/\/grassrootsbookroom.com\/products\/celebrating-women-women-writing-on-women","provider":"草根书室","version":"1.0","type":"link"}