Penelope Mortimer

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Produktbeschreibung

Perfectly capturing the tone of the 70s, and the reality faced by so many women when forced to re-assess their roles as wife and mother.

Produktdetails

• British Library Women Writers
• Verlag: British Library Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 190mm x 133mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9780712354929
• ISBN-10: 0712354921
• Artikelnr.: 66346022

Autorenporträt

Penelope Mortimer (1918-1999) published her first novel in 1947. She was married twice; first to the Reuters journalist Charles Dimont, and later to the barrister and author, John Mortimer. Her best-known novel, the semi-autobiographical The Pumpkin Eater, was published in 1962 and made into a successful film starring Anne Bancroft. Her book Daddy's Gone A-Hunting was reissued by McNally Editions in 2022.