Items related to Three Women
Synopsis
Suzanne Blume has bought up, two children and is enjoying her first sexual relationship in 10 years. Then her daughter Elena has returns angry and unemployed, and her own mother is having to cope with age and illness. This book tells their story as they learn to accept love, life and each other.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
The heroine of Marge Piercy's Three Women is something of a feminist trailblazer: the first woman to teach constitutional law at her big-city university. At five feet three inches, however, Suzanne Blume feels "too small for her role in the world." To compensate, this pint-sized divorcee has transformed herself into a human dynamo, obsessively slicing and dicing the time she devotes to her mother, her two daughters, her students, and her e-mail boyfriend. Yet this rigorously arranged world is turned upside down when her problematic older daughter moves in, followed by her stubborn, ailing mother.
Suzanne's addiction to the clock infuriates her offspring--indeed, Elena has deliberately "chosen to go to the other extreme, exalting spontaneity." And her mother, Beverly, remains a fiery, left-wing activist to the end, spurning such bourgeois amenities as the datebook. It's the ultimate challenge, then, for these three women to peacefully cohabit. What's worse, they're beset by a series of calamities, some shocking, some mundane. Yet this high-tension ménage à trois ultimately learns the value of mutual support and familial love. And along the way, Piercy plunges right into the deepest, most elemental stuff of life: sex, betrayal, aging, illness, and death. She's both brave and compassionate in her exploration of the volatile ground between mothers and daughters--but no less brave than the characters she has created. By the time you finish reading Piercy's 15th novel, you'll find it difficult to leave the Blumes to their own, unmistakably feminine devices. --Laura Mirsky
About the Author
Marge Piercy is the author of the memoir Sleeping with Cats and fifteen novels, including Three Women and Woman on the Edge of Time, as well as sixteen books of poetry, including Colors Passing Through Us, The Art of Blessing the Day, and Circles on the Water. She lives on Cape Cod, with her husband, Ira Wood, the novelist and publisher of Leapfrog Press.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPiatkus
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0749931817
- ISBN 13 9780749931810
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Three Women
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. 2000. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KSS0000038
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Three Women
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Used; Acceptable. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Seller Inventory # CHL9893533
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Three Women
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Seller Inventory # CHL4234207
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Three Women
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. 2000. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Seller Inventory # KSS0000038
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Three Women
Seller: Hamelyn, Madrid, Spain
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Aceptable. : Suzanne Blume has bought up, two children and is enjoying her first sexual relationship in 10 years. Then her daughter Elena has returns angry and unemployed, and her own mother is having to cope with age and illness. This book tells their story as they learn to accept love, life and each other. EAN: 9780749931810 Tipo: Libros Título: Three Women Autor: Piercy, Marge Editorial: Piatkus Formato: Libro de bolsillo. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-08-28-490beae9
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Three Women
Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good (ex-library). Trade Paperback. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Piatkus, London, 2000. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers and/or pocket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Suzanne Blume has bought up, two children and is enjoying her first sexual relationship in 10 years. Then her daughter Elena has returns angry and unemployed, and her own mother is having to cope with age and illness. This book tells their story as they learn to accept love, life and each other. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Drama & Sagas; ISBN: 0749931817. ISBN/EAN: 9780749931810. Inventory No: 09124568. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 09124568
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Three Women
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Three Women This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages will be missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Shipping is normally same day from our UK warehouse. We offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. Seller Inventory # TFTP-9780749931810
Quantity: 7 available