num_pages: 285
description: The women at the heart of these novellas are misrepresented by men and by societal expectations. But they remain defiant. These are modern women, waiting for the world to catch up. Stead captures the contradictions and complications of the 1960s, and their effects on the lives of women and girls.
language: English
title: The Puzzleheaded Girl: Four Novellas
titlecomplete: The Puzzleheaded Girl: Four Novellas (Virago Modern Classics)
genres: Fiction, Australia, Classics, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 53
publisher: Virago Press Ltd