{"product_id":"becoming-the-ex-wife-the-unconventional-life-and-forgotten-writings-of-ursula-parrott-9780520391543","title":"Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Makes an excellent case for Parrott as an unjustly forgotten historical figure.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remind[s] us of the brazenly talented women sidelined by convention.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The riveting biography of Ursula Parrott--best-selling author, Hollywood screenwriter, and voice for the modern woman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Credited 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, \u003ci\u003eBecoming the Ex-Wife\u003c\/i\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarsha Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, a former Fellow at the National Humanities Center, and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar award. She is the author of numerous books and articles and codirector of several short documentaries.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562605973778,"sku":"9780520391543","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fbfcc2b0-13e4-4439-91c8-5d822355e026.jpg?v=1737238843","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-the-ex-wife-the-unconventional-life-and-forgotten-writings-of-ursula-parrott-9780520391543","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}