Modern Women

by Ruth Harris

Book Overview

Traces the stories of three women, born into a world of traditional roles. Over the years they rewrite these roles, forging a revolution in the office, the home and the bedroom. They meet their match... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312034024
• ISBN13: 9780312034023
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 439 Pages

Customer Reviews

A raunchy book that is also appealing!

I have no idea how I have obtained this out-of-print book ~~ but after selecting it from my bookshelf one night, I am really glad that I had it available. It is one of the funniest and raunchiest books I've read in quite a while. The characters are bigger than life and immersed in the changing times of the 60s and early 70s. Ruth Harris has taken her readers on a journey back into time ~~ where free love is in and flourishing. The novel starts on the day of JFK's murder. The three characters, Jane, Elly and Lincky, all were in the prime of their lives and their lives changed on the day the president was killed. Jane was there in Dallas with her date, Owen Casals, who was covering the presidential trip for his magazine, Newsflash. Elly was selling shoes in Washington, D.C. to a spoiled socialite. Lincky was going for lunch in downtown Manhattan when she heard about it. Fate and men brought these women together and together, they fought against the conformity of society's expectations of what women should or should not do. They fell in love and out of love. They fought for their jobs, lost their jobs, lost lovers and hopes and dreams. Through it all, they were right there in the midst of the sexual revolution and civil rights movement and the drug-craze of those heady days. This is an enlightening book for me as well as it is fun to read. Normally, I don't like to read books on the 60s and the 70s since their decadence seems to be overwhelming ~~ but this book is an exception. It was FUN to read. I recommend this one ~~ if you're looking for something different to read. 8-17-04