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Praxis eBook

by Fay Weldon
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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, January of 2014 ‧
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''She''s a queen of words'' CAITLIN MORAN.

Praxis Duveen is a survivor. At five years old, in 1920s England, she is still innocent, the product of an unstable mother and a flighty father who abandoned Praxis and her half-crazy sister, Hypatia. As the decades fly by, Praxis experiences many incarnations, from prostitute to rape victim, wife to adulteress and eventually becomes the accidental leader of an international women''s movement.

Now, from her dingy basement apartment, where she''s attempting to write a memoir, Praxis tells about the story of her remarkable journey - peppered with more than a few detours along the way...

Now in her ninth decade, Fay Weldon is one of the foremost chroniclers of our time, a novelist who spoke to an entire generation of women by daring to say the things that no one else would. Her work ranges over novels, short stories, children''s books, nonfiction, journalism, television, radio, and the stage. She was awarded a CBE in 2001.

Praxis

by Fay Weldon

Property Description
ISBN: 9781781857960
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Release Date: January of 2014
Language: English
Pages: 315
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9781781857960
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fay Weldon

Fay Weldon is one of the most esteemed and respected British authors. She was born in 1931 and spent part of her childhood in New Zealand, having returned to England at the age of ten. She studied Economics and Psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and worked for a brief period at the Foreign Office in London. Later, she dedicated herself to writing full-time, as a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. She was president of the Booker Prize jury in 1983 and received an honorary doctorate from the University of St. Andrews in 1990. She was a finalist for the Booker Prize in 1979 with Praxis, and won the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award in 1996 with Wicked Women. In 2001, she was honored with the title of Commander of the British Empire. She lives in Dorset, England, with her husband, the poet Nick Fox.

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