Anne Roiphe è una scrittrice celebrata per il suo incrollabile impegno nel pensiero indipendente, rifiutandosi di aderire a qualsiasi linea di partito, femminista o di altro tipo. La sua prolifica carriera ha esplorato il complesso panorama della vita moderna, addentrandosi spesso nelle sfumate esperienze delle donne, della maternità e dell'identità. La voce distintiva di Roiphe offre ai lettori una prospettiva acuta, spesso contraddittoria, ma sempre avvincente, sui cambiamenti sociali. Il suo lavoro sfida costantemente il pensiero convenzionale, presentando un esame profondamente personale e intellettualmente rigoroso della condizione umana.
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Set against the backdrop of 1950s Park Avenue, the memoir explores Anne Roiphe's journey from a privileged adolescence steeped in societal expectations to a quest for personal freedom and artistic expression. Rejecting the conventional role of women, she found inspiration in literary giants while mingling with notable figures of the time. After a divorce at twenty-seven, she embraced her independence and began writing, recounting her candid experiences of self-discovery and the path to redemption with remarkable honesty.
From Anne Roiphe, the critically acclaimed author of Fruitful, comes the New York Times bestselling Epilogue, a beautiful memoir about death, life, and widowhood. Roiphe explores what happened when, at age 70, she lost her husband of 40 years. Moving between heartbreaking memories of her marriage and the pressing needs of a new day-to-day routine, Epilogue takes readers on her journey into the unknown world of life after love.
From the acclaimed author of "Fruitful" comes a novel of the love between a mother and daughter. Annie Johnson has worked hard to raise her daughter, Andrea. She is shocked, therefore, when 22-year-old Andrea calls from Israel and announces that she has joined an extreme right-wing Orthodox Jewish group and will be seeking an arranged marriage.