Coordinated publicity campaign with the Penguin Group, who will be republishing The Women's Room in September 09 Outreach to major media and feminist/indie media, with focus on women's blogs, magazines, and bookstores French to do radio interviews(schedule to come) At conferences: BEA, NWSA, MLA, PLA, ALA, Mid-winter ALA Major media push for event honoring Marilyn French in NY in fall: featuring Gloria Steinem and possibly Eve Ensler, Barbara Ehrenreich, bell hooks, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Alice Walker
Pioneering feminist thinker Marilyn French has written numerous works of literary criticism, history, memoir, and fiction. Her bestselling classic, The Women's Room, embodied the issues that ignited the women's movement for millions of readers. Recently, she has published the novel In the Name of Friendship and a four volume series of women's history entitled From Eve to Dawn.
"A novel that feels like memoir, there are many beautiful passages
and poignant moments. . . " Publishers Weekly
French’s meticulous and affecting tale of the forging of one
woman’s conscience encompasses thoughtful portraits of love
children,’ from peace activists to members of unconventional
families, and a forthright critique of the counterculture that puts
today’s wars, struggles for equality, and environmental troubles
into sharp perspective.”
Booklist
"The Love Children is valuable in its exploration and depiction of
the many ways in which gender can still be a limitation, even
within a supposedly more enlightened society."Bust
"Marilyn French has left us with the perfect parallel to The
Women's Room, a novel about the 'love children' who were born to
that earlier struggling generation, and who now celebrate the joy
of feminism. Readers will find their own lives hereand the heart
and mind of a woman who helped save them." Gloria Steinem
"I fell completely into the university created in The Love
Childrenthe Vietnam War and the lives of women and girls in the
60s and 70s. Marilyn French asks, with perfect attention to detail
and scene, if we learn from our mistakes. Once again she gives us
the ammunition to change our lives. It is a generous parting gift
from one of the best minds of our time." Carol Jenkins, founder of
the Women's Media Center
"A fictionalized memoir that is perfect reading for the girls we
once were, and for the new generation of girls we cherish today."
Stella Duffy, author of Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
"Beautifully written, kind and subtle, a nostalgic reminder of
idealism, of people politics, of the links between the land and
social changes - here, in fictional form, is the background to all
the issues still we wrestle with. A lovely novel." Kate Mosse,
author of Labyrinth
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