Publication

2021-05-25 - Flatiron Books

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101250159113
  • ISBN-139781250159113
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020057502
  • OCLC Control Number1228219949
  • Better World BooksO8-BAS-249
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781250159113
  • Open LibraryOL32158477M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3619.I544345L68
  • LCCPS3619.I544345 L68 2021

Description

"Midwife Parthenia Blenkinsop has delivered countless babies over the course of her career, and when she arrives at Mary Wollstonecraft's door, everything appears normal. But after the baby girl is delivered, the women will spend the next harrowing days together, fighting for the survival of both mother and daughter. Over those eleven days, Mary Wollstonecraft recounts the life she dared to live amidst the impossible constraints and prejudices of the late 18th century, rejecting the tyranny of men and marriage, risking everything to demand equality for herself and all women. She weaves her riveting tale to keep her fragile daughter alive and give her a reason to fight, even as her own strength wanes. Wollstonecraft's urgent story of loss and triumph forms the heartbreakingly brief intersection between the lives of a mother and daughter who will change the arc of history and thought for centuries to come. In radiant, emotionally gripping prose, Samantha Silva delivers an ode to the dazzling life of Mary Wollstonecraft, one of the world's most influential thinkers and mother of the famous novelist Mary Shelley. But at its heart, Love and Fury is a story about the power of a woman reclaiming her own narrative and passing along that legacy to her daughter"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary WollstonecraftHardcoverFlatiron Books2021-05-25

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