The Wrong Kind of Woman: A Novel - Softcover

McCraw Crow, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0778312313 ISBN 13: 9780778312314

Publisher: MIRA, 2022

Synopsis

"Beautifully written… Timely and pressing… McCraw Crow deftly navigates the campus and national politics of the ’70s." —Amy Meyerson, bestselling author of The Imperfects

A powerful exploration of what a woman can be when what she should be is no longer an option

In late 1970, Oliver Desmarais drops dead in his front yard while hanging Christmas lights. In the year that follows, his widow, Virginia, struggles to find her place on the campus of the elite New Hampshire men’s college where Oliver was a professor. While Virginia had always shared her husband’s prejudices against the four outspoken, never-married women on the faculty—dubbed the Gang of Four by their male counterparts—she now finds herself depending on them, even joining their work to bring the women’s movement to Clarendon College.

Soon, though, reports of violent protests across the country reach this sleepy New England town, stirring tensions between the fraternal establishment of Clarendon and those calling for change. As authorities attempt to tamp down “radical elements,” Virginia must decide whether she’s willing to put herself and her family at risk for a cause that had never felt like her own.

Told through alternating perspectives, The Wrong Kind of Woman is an engrossing story about finding the strength to forge new paths, beautifully woven against the rapid changes of the early ’70s.

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About the Author

Sarah McCraw Crow is the author of The Wrong Kind of Woman. When it comes to fiction writing (and reading), Sarah is obsessed with women's lives and the drama of family life. She also loves the Seventies. She's a graduate of Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts, and she's the mom of three young-adult kids. Sarah lives, writes, and gardens on an old farm in New Hampshire,  

Edition details

• Publisher: MIRA
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0778312313
• ISBN 13: 9780778312314
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304