{"product_id":"a-whistling-woman-9780679776901","title":"A Whistling Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a brilliant and thought-provoking novel about the 1960s and how the psychology, science, religion, ethics, and radicalism of the times affected ordinary lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich, acerbic, wise.... [Byatt] tackles nothing less than what it means to be human.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Frederica Potter, a smart, spirited 33-year-old single mother, lucks into a job hosting a groundbreaking television talk show based in London. Meanwhile, in her native Yorkshire where her lover is involved in academic research, the university is planning a prestigious conference on body and mind, and a group of students and agitators is establishing an \"anti-university.\" And nearby a therapeutic community is beginning to take the shape of a religious cult under the influence of its charismatic religious leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Whistling Woman \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the antic, thrilling, and dangerous period of the late '60s as seen through the eyes of a woman whose life is forever changed by her times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679776901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.32w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2004 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299059368117,"sku":"9780679776901","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aee4417c-5edf-4b36-bc92-b600dcf43047.jpg?v=1751985147","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-whistling-woman-9780679776901","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}