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Wonderful Women by the Sea

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Monika Fagerholm's Wonderful Women by the Sea conjures the magical aura of the early sixties and the lives of two young Americanized women in Finland caught up in those historic times. In exquisite and daring language, Fagerholm explores the world of Rosa and Isabella, two would-be starlets in an age of consumerism and glamorous one-night stands. They spend their days sunbathing on the beach and their evenings at cocktail parties, following the exploits of Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor through the glossy pages of Life magazine. But dark undercurrents threaten to undermine the sanctity of their domestic oasis by the sea. As Tupperware parties give way to the women's movement, Rosa and Isabella can't avoid the social and political upheaval that explodes across the world in the turbulent summer of 1968 - changes that forever strip away the innocence we now associate with the sixties.

Language: English

Pages: 330

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: New Press

Release: April 01, 1997

ISBN: 156584338X

ISBN 13: 9781565843387

Wonderful Women by the Sea

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Monika Fagerholm's Wonderful Women by the Sea conjures the magical aura of the early sixties and the lives of two young Americanized women in Finland caught up in those historic times. In exquisite and daring language, Fagerholm explores the world of Rosa and Isabella, two would-be starlets in an age of consumerism and glamorous one-night stands. They spend their days sunbathing on the beach and their evenings at cocktail parties, following the exploits of Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor through the glossy pages of Life magazine. But dark undercurrents threaten to undermine the sanctity of their domestic oasis by the sea. As Tupperware parties give way to the women's movement, Rosa and Isabella can't avoid the social and political upheaval that explodes across the world in the turbulent summer of 1968 - changes that forever strip away the innocence we now associate with the sixties.

Language: English

Pages: 330

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: New Press

Release: April 01, 1997

ISBN: 156584338X

ISBN 13: 9781565843387

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