{"product_id":"a-different-sound-stories-by-mid-century-women-writers-9781782278498","title":"A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers","description":"\u003cb\u003eElegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid-century women writers from Britain and Ireland--many being published in America for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, Senior Editor at McNally Editions, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContains: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Cut Finger\" by Frances Bellerby \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Summer Night\" by Elizabeth Bowen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Birds\" by Daphne du Maurier \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Land Girl\" by Diana Gardner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Listen to the Magnolias\" by Stella Gibbons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Shocking Weather, Isn\"t It?\" by Inez Holden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The First Party\" by Attia Hosain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Three Miles Up\" by Elizabeth Jane Howard \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Skylight\" by Penelope Mortimer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"The Thames Spread Out\" by Elizabeth Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Scorched Earth Policy\" by Sylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffused with tension and longing, the captivating stories collected here from acclaimed as well as lesser-known women writers form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16600753\"\u003eElizabeth Bowen\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16598585\"\u003eDaphne Du Maurier\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16154468\"\u003eElizabeth Taylor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782278498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782278494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC003000\"\u003eAnthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Scholes\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Editor at McNally Editions, a series of paperbacks devoted to hidden gems. She hosts OurShelves, a podcast from the legendary feminist publishing house Virago, and wrote 'Re-Covered', a column for the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e about out-of-print and forgotten books that shouldn't be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459755323629,"sku":"9781782278498","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_ae03e605-c420-4814-87d9-49c27081cd91.jpg?v=1753647742","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-different-sound-stories-by-mid-century-women-writers-9781782278498","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}