An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929?the story of a divorce and its aftermath, which scandalized the Jazz Age.It's 1924, and Peter and Patricia have what looks to be a very modern marriage. Both drink. Both smoke. Both work, Patricia as a head copywriter at a major department store. When it comes to sex with other people, both believe in ?the honesty policy.? Until they don?t. Or, at least, until Peter doesn?t?and a shell-shocked, lovesick Patricia finds herself starting out all over again, but this time around as a different kind of single the ex-wife.An instant bestseller when it was published anonymously in 1929, Ex-Wife captures the speakeasies, night clubs, and parties that defined Jazz Age New York?alongside the morning-after aspirin and calisthenics, the lunch-hour visits to the gym, the girl-talk, and the freedoms and anguish of solitude. It also casts a cool eye on the bedrooms and the doctor?s offices where, despite rising hemlines, the men still
Author : Ursula Parrott
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ISBN-10 : 9781946022561
ISBN-13 : 9781946022561