{"product_id":"the-book-of-old-ladies-celebrating-women-of-a-certain-age-in-fiction-9781631527975","title":"The Book of Old Ladies: Celebrating Women of a Certain Age in Fiction","description":"This is a book that champions older women's stories and challenges the limiting outcomes we seem to hold for them. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e introduces readers to thirty stories featuring fictional \"women of a \u003cbr\u003ecertain age\" who increasingly become their truest selves. Their stories \u003cbr\u003ewill entertain and provide insight into the stories we tell ourselves \u003cbr\u003eabout the limits and opportunities of aging. A celebration of women who \u003cbr\u003epush back against the limiting stereotypes regarding older women's \u003cbr\u003epossibility, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e is a book lover's guide to \u003cbr\u003eapproaching old age and dealing with its losses while still embracing \u003cbr\u003ebeauty, creativity, connection, and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaxton, Ruth O.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dr. Ruth O. Saxton is a Professor Emerita of English at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Over the course of her forty-two-year career, she has studied, taught, and published works on fiction by women for decades, focusing on how narratives limit or expand what we imagine to be possible. Dr. Saxton served as the college's first Dean of Letters, cofounded the Women's Studies program, and founded the Rhetoric and Composition program. Her scholarly works include \u003cem\u003eThe Girl, Constructions of the Girl in Contemporary Fiction by Women; Approaches to Teaching Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e (with Eileen Barrett); and \u003cem\u003eWoolf and Lessing: Breaking the Mold\u003c\/em\u003e (with Jean Tobin). She currently resides in Oakland, CA.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510582710546,"sku":"9781631527975","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3774b91a-dad9-4f04-854b-28da4ddebbcd.jpg?v=1730929206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-old-ladies-celebrating-women-of-a-certain-age-in-fiction-9781631527975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}