{"product_id":"the-book-of-old-ladies-celebrating-women-of-a-certain-age-in-fiction-9781631527975","title":"The Book of Old Ladies: Celebrating Women of a Certain Age in Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book that champions older women’s stories and challenges the limiting outcomes we seem to hold for them. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e  introduces readers to thirty stories featuring fictional “women of a  certain age” who increasingly become their truest selves. Their stories  will entertain and provide insight into the stories we tell ourselves  about the limits and opportunities of aging. A celebration of women who  push back against the limiting stereotypes regarding older women’s  possibility, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e is a book lover’s guide to  approaching old age and dealing with its losses while still embracing  beauty, creativity, connection, and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“. . . Saxton’s beautifully fluid prose would be a pleasure to read  while relaxing at the beach. A thought-provoking, informative, and  valuable literary analysis.”\u003cbr\u003e  —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “Saxton teases out the diverse ways that these aging fictional women  have to reimagine and reinvent themselves, just as she did, to cope with  the demands of a society that dismisses their contributions and demeans  their intelligence.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Julie A. Chappell, editor at Ink Brush Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “A marvelously curated collection of \u003ci\u003emust-read\u003c\/i\u003e stories that carve a path forward for women who have come of age—and whose time has finally come.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Julie Shigekuni, Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, University of New Mexico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “Saxton’s work will delight, inform, educate, and enlighten all who read her book.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Viji Nakka-Cammauf, president of the Alumnae Association of Mills  College and founder and president of Little Flock Children’s Homes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     “In \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruth Saxton offers readers, through  curated conversation, the opportunity to defy the  sweet-as-the-day-is-long stereotype and to examine the more fully  developed and—thank goodness—realistic senior woman.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Jennifer King, director of the Downtown Oakland Senior Center\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiration for what life can be like in my future.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Sky Bergman, award-winning filmmaker and professor of photography and video at Cal Poly State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     “With an engaging, conversational style and feminist lens, Ruth Saxton  guides us through an array of twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels  and stories . . . An essential read.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Eileen Barrett, editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Women Writers: Diverse Voices in Prose\u003c\/i\u003e and professor of English at California State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     “\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of the true joy of reading  fiction . . . Ruth Saxton is an elegant writer, and this thoughtful book  is a gem for anyone who understands the meaning of lifelong connection  to literature.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Yiyun Li, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDear Friend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKinder Than Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “. . . thoughtful and thought-provoking. . . . Her careful  deconstruction of plot and character reveal more than a few misogynist  literary stereotypes and provoke readers to think more generally about  where our ideas and assumptions about aging come from. This can be a  powerful jolt. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e asks us to consider  the sexism that treats old women differently, more-often-than-not  painting them as doddering, ineffectual crones. Can we imagine—and then  create—something less demeaning? Literature, Saxton suggests, can send  us in the right direction, but it is ultimately up to us to change the  world.”\u003cbr\u003e  —\u003ci\u003eThe Indypendent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    “Surprises and delights await readers of Ruth Saxton’s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e, a fresh take on literary expectations as well as cultural stereotypes regarding ‘women of a certain age.’” \u003cbr\u003e  —Roberta Rubenstein, Professor of Literature, American University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      “\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Old Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e [is] essential reading for anyone  invested in or intrigued by ‘old lady’ narratives, women’s perspectives  in literature, and age, aging, and ageism . . .” \u003cbr\u003e  —Kortney Stern, PhD Candidate, University of Indiana","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188937679191,"sku":"9781631527975","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-book-of-old-ladies-celebrating-women-of-a-certain-age-in-fiction-9781631527975","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}