{"product_id":"a-marriage-agreement-and-other-essays-four-decades-of-feminist-writing-9781453255148","title":"A Marriage Agreement and Other Essays: Four Decades of Feminist Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative collection of essays by one of the foremost thinkers of second-wave feminism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a career spanning four decades, Alix Kates Shulman has written on issues ranging from marriage, sex, and divorce to religious identity, age, and family devotion. Throughout her diverse body of work runs a staunch advocacy of equal rights and social justice. Beginning with her provocative essay \"A Marriage Agreement,\" written in 1969, and continuing through to the heartrending \"Caring for an Ill Spouse, and Other Caregivers,\" written in 2011, this collection provides a window into the social movements that defined an era. Witty, stirring, and poignant, \u003ci\u003eA Marriage Agreement and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how each generation, in Shulman's words, \"can do no more than add its bit to the endless river of consciousness and change.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alix Kates Shulman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781453255148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlix Kates Shulman (b. 1932) is the celebrated author of fourteen books, including the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen \u003c\/i\u003e(1972), which established her as a primary figure in feminism's second wave. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Shulman studied philosophy at Columbia University and received an MA at New York University. She became a political activist, joining the Congress of Racial Equality in 1961 and the Women's Liberation Movement in 1967. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eBurning Questions \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), \u003ci\u003eOn the Stroll \u003c\/i\u003e(1981), \u003ci\u003eIn Every Woman's Life \u003c\/i\u003e. . . (1987), and \u003ci\u003eM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eénage\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). She has also written the memoirs \u003ci\u003eDrinking the Rain \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), \u003ci\u003eA Good Enough Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eTo Love What Is \u003c\/i\u003e(2008);a biography of Emma Goldman entitled \u003ci\u003eTo the Barricades\u003c\/i\u003e (1971); and \u003ci\u003eA Marriage Agreement and Other Essays: Four Decades of Feminist Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). Shulman lives in Manhattan and continues to speak frequently on issues such as writing, feminism, and reproductive choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44998181453939,"sku":"9781453255148","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_245a071a-cc30-4229-91dd-4ab87d6c1aed.jpg?v=1778957457","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-marriage-agreement-and-other-essays-four-decades-of-feminist-writing-9781453255148","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}