{"product_id":"a-different-sound-stories-by-mid-century-women-writers-9781782278498","title":"A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers","description":"\u003cb\u003eElegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid-century women writers from Britain and Ireland--many being published in America for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, Senior Editor at McNally Editions, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContains: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Cut Finger\" by Frances Bellerby \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Summer Night\" by Elizabeth Bowen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Birds\" by Daphne du Maurier \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Land Girl\" by Diana Gardner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Listen to the Magnolias\" by Stella Gibbons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Shocking Weather, Isn\"t It?\" by Inez Holden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The First Party\" by Attia Hosain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Three Miles Up\" by Elizabeth Jane Howard \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Skylight\" by Penelope Mortimer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Thames Spread Out\" by Elizabeth Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Scorched Earth Policy\" by Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffused with tension and longing, the captivating stories collected here from acclaimed as well as lesser-known women writers form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782278498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Elizabeth Bowen, Daphne Du Maurier, Elizabeth Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624118681781,"sku":"9781782278498","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3d503410-70bf-4b36-9d91-f391dbf9662a.jpg?v=1707800640","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-different-sound-stories-by-mid-century-women-writers-9781782278498","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}