{"product_id":"becoming-the-ex-wife-the-unconventional-life-and-forgotten-writings-of-ursula-parrott-by-marsha-gordon","title":"Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott by Marsha Gordon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe riveting biography of Ursula Parrott—best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCredited with popularizing the label \"ex-wife\" in 1929, Ursula Parrott wrote provocatively about divorcées, career women, single mothers, work-life balance, and a host of new challenges facing modern women. Her best sellers, Hollywood film deals, marriages and divorces, and run-ins with the law made her a household name. Part biography, part cultural history, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBecoming the Ex-Wife\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e establishes Parrott's rightful place in twentieth-century American culture, uncovering her neglected work and keen insights into American women's lives during a period of immense social change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlthough she was frequently dismissed as a \"woman's writer,\" reading Parrott's writing today makes it clear that she was a trenchant philosopher of modernity—her work was prescient, anticipating issues not widely raised until decades after her decline into obscurity. With elegant wit and a deft command of the archive, Marsha Gordon tells a timely story about the life of a woman on the front lines of a culture war that is still raging today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59552916373790,"sku":null,"price":310.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59552916406558,"sku":null,"price":440.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59552916439326,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/818vfw-VaWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783274223","url":"https:\/\/www.readroombd.com\/products\/becoming-the-ex-wife-the-unconventional-life-and-forgotten-writings-of-ursula-parrott-by-marsha-gordon","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}