Title: Memoirs of an ex-prom queen
Subtitle: a novel
First published: 1972
Description: A sardonic portrayal of one white, middle-class, Midwestern girl's coming-of-age, the novel takes a wry and prescient look at a range of experiences treated at the time as taboo but which were ultimately accepted as matters of major political significance: sexual harassment, job discrimination, the sexual double standard, rape, abortion restrictions, the double binds of marriage and motherhood, and the frantic quest for beauty. The book went on to sell more than a million copies and is regarded today as a classic, one of the first and best pieces of fiction born of the women's liberation movement. --Amazon.com.
Subjects: Aging, Fiction, Identity (Psychology), Personal Beauty, Psychology, Women, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, coming of age, Young women, Social conditions, United states, fiction, Teenage girls, Teenage beauty contestants, Beauty contestants, Adolescentes, Romans, nouvelles, Candidates (Concours de beauté), Femmes, Psychologie, Identité (Psychologie), Vieillissement, American Authors
Places: United States