Daughters of Empire
Author | : Jane Satterfield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105124172938 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A dual British-American national on her first return trip to England in over a decade, Jane Satterfield faced a woman's fundamental decision: to become a mother or to forge a new life on her own. That the decision was not so simple was only the first of many revelations. Satterfield casts a loving yet skeptical glance on the world of mid-`90s Britain as well as the cultural and literary legacy that continues to haunt, shape, and challenge her. In a voice by turns tender, insightful, and funny, Satterfield brings to life a provocative personal history through fascinating detours into music, popular culture, and literary mothers such as the Brontës, Sylvia Plath, and Angela Carter. --Amazon.com.