FEAR OF FIFTY is an incendiary book, more controversial and more personal than anything Jong has previously written - this is the real story behind her life, the truth behind FEAR OF FLYING and her other novels. Jong addresses the problem of being a woman of the 'whiplash generation' which saw its expectations raised and dashed and raised and dashed again. In many ways Jong is typical of the fiftysomething generation of women but in so many others the author of FEAR OF FLYING will always be exceptional - unihibited, revolutionary, flamboyant, passionate, sexy and witty, like this story of her life.

Fear of Fifty : A Mid-Life Memoir

JONG, ERICA

Biographies & Memoirs

Virago

Different For Girls

SMITH, JOAN

Self-Help

An illustrated anthology of garden writing dedicated to some of the finest female gardeners and a tribute to their contribution to the horticultural world.

The Illustrated Virago Book of Women Gardeners

Kellaway, Deborah

Literature & Fiction

Oryx and Crake

Oryx And Crake

Margaret, Atwood

Literary

A NOTE FROM MARGO BALDWIN, President and Publisher, Chelsea Green Publishing 
“Naomi Wolf’s Outrages is a vitally important book to publish right now, not just because of its literary scholarship, which is superb, but because it speaks so clearly to the present societal moment. It’s a moment that is incredibly dangerous, a potential turning point when marginalized people and groups are targeted, silenced and often jailed. It’s a time when information counter to the official narrative is censored and erased from the public sphere, when books and articles and even scientific research are banned and labeled as “fake news” or “dangerous misinformation.” Outrages shows what happens when a society, in this case Victorian England, becomes obsessed with contagion and impurity and criminalizes “immoral” acts and “dangerous” ideas. . . . Read it and weep, not just for those who suffered in a distant Victorian time but for those who suffer still from the draconian laws that era produced and which are still in effect all over the world today.”

Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love

History

WOLF, Naomi

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Be Safe I Love You

Cara Hoffman

Originally published in the 1930s and 1940s and never before collected, these stories by the incomparable Angela Thirkell relate merry scenes of a trip to the pantomime, escapades on ice, a Christmas Day gone awry, and an electrifying afternoon for Laura Morland and friends at Low Rising, not to mention the chatter of the arty set at a London private view. Charming, irreverent and full of mischievous humour, they offer the utmost entertainment in any season of the year.

Christmas at High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics)

THIRKELL, ANGELA

Short Stories & Anthologies

Wounding the World: How Military Violence and War-Play Invade our Lives

Product Details Hardcover Publisher: Virago (November 13, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0349004323 ISBN-13: 978-0349004327 Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Joanna Bourke

Bourke, Professor Joanna

The Paying Guests

SARAH WATERS

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