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An irresistible blend of history and memoir.
Through the lives and marriages of four extraordinary women, Forster explores what it means to be a ‘good wife’, and how that definition has changed. Covering the period from 1848 to the present, she discovers that despite the tremendous transformation in women’s lives, and the evolution of marriage, some aspects and attitudes remain fixed and immutable.
Through the lives and marriages of four extraordinary women, Forster explores what it means to be a ‘good wife’, and how that definition has changed. Covering the period from 1848 to the present, she discovers that despite the tremendous transformation in women’s lives, and the evolution of marriage, some aspects and attitudes remain fixed and immutable.
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An irresistible blend of history and memoir.
Through the lives and marriages of four extraordinary women, Forster explores what it means to be a ?good wife?, and how that definition has changed. Covering the period from 1848 to the present, she discovers that despite the tremendous transformation in women?s lives, and the evolution of marriage, some aspects and attitudes remain fixed and immutable.
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Through the lives and marriages of four extraordinary women, Forster explores what it means to be a ?good wife?, and how that definition has changed. Covering the period from 1848 to the present, she discovers that despite the tremendous transformation in women?s lives, and the evolution of marriage, some aspects and attitudes remain fixed and immutable.
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Margaret Forster is the author of best-selling memoirs, Hidden Lives and Precious Lives, acclaimed biographies of Daphne du Maurier and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and of many successful novels, most recently The Memory Box.
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- PublisherUlverscroft Large Print Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 070899363X
- ISBN 13 9780708993637
- BindingHardcover
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