{"product_id":"old-wifes-tale-my-seven-decades-of-love-and-war","title":"Old Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades of Love and War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOld Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades of Love and War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMidge Decter\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060394288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Morrow\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"What has happened to me over the course of the past seven decades has in one way or another happened to many if not all present-day American women -- from the almost dizzyingly rapid ringing of changes to the discover of that in our lives which is never changing.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully written book offers a memorable chronicle of American life since the 1940s that is hard to match in sweep, unconventional thought, and hard-won wisdom on subjects ranging from the relations between the sexes to the relations between America and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the nation's most renowned female conservatives, Midge Decter is known for her frequently controversial stands on modern social issues. \u003cem\u003eAn Old Wife's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e is her thoughtful examination of the lives of American women and men over the last sixty years, as viewed through the lens of her own life. From stories of her youth during World War II -- when Decter and her friends learned that \"only the class beauty and the class tramp had no difficulty with the dating system\" -- to a surprising and often hilarious picture of what the 1950s were really like to an account of her later roles as a single mother, publishing executive, happily married woman, political iconoclast, and doting grandmother, Decter paints a singular portrait of a life lived on the front lines of American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns serious, wry, and deeply personal, \u003cem\u003eAn Old Wife's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e brings us an important new perspective on twentieth-century American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Old Wife's Tale: My Seven Decades of Love and War | Midge Decter | Hardcover | 9780060394288 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks H 1769873","offer_id":50750782243074,"sku":"1769873","price":17.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71a-StkMSzL.jpg?v=1791979704","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/old-wifes-tale-my-seven-decades-of-love-and-war","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}