Böcker av Marilyn French

A landmark in feminist literature, THE WOMEN'S ROOM is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely.'Today's "e;desperate housewives"e; eat your heart out! This is the original and still the best, a page-turner that makes you think. Essential reading' Kate Mosse'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' Jenni Murray'Reading THE WOMEN'S ROOM was an intense and wonderful experience. It is in my DNA' Kirsty Wark'THE WOMEN'S ROOM took the lid off a seething mass of women's frustrations, resentments and furies; it was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER

An extraordinary memoir on facing death . . . and choosing lifeWhere there's a will . . .Given a death sentence after being diagnosed with cancer, Marilyn French fought back . . . and won.A Season in Hellis the story of her battle to survive against overwhelming odds.A smoker for almost half a century, French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the summer of 1992. She was given a year to live, but five years later, she was, incredibly, cancer free. In this inspiring account, French chronicles her journey, from her reaction to the devastating news, to the chemotherapy that almost killed her, to her miraculous return to life following a two-week coma. She shares her feelings on apathetic doctors, the vital importance of a support network of friends and family, and how her near-death experience forever altered her perspective and priorities.

* A remarkable, astonishingly unsentimental book about Marilyn French's successful battle against cancer

The first volume in a three-volume work, From Eve to Dawn is the culmination of over two decades of exhaustive research examining women's roles and activities in various civilisations throughout the world from the perspective of one of our foremost feminist thinkers.