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Memoirs of an Ex–Prom Queen
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Sasha Davis, smart and pretty, was once an all-American teenage beauty queen. Full of potential, she was the only student at her Midwestern high school to attend college on the East Coast.
But soon her promise begins to falter. After starting graduate school in New York, Sasha gets married and drops out to take a clerical job. Consigned to the role of trophy wife, and already feeling old at twenty-four, she lives in fear of turning thirty—the year, in her mind, when her beauty will fade and life as she knows it will end.
Only after a lot of sexual adventures—as well as a second marriage and motherhood—will she finally begin to figure out what's gone wrong . . .
Poignant and breathtakingly honest,
remains a feminist landmark—a unique blend of "fun" (
) and "devastating" (
).
"This story, told with astringent wit, explores every facet and cliché of what it means to grow up female and beautiful."
"A vivid reminder of just how much―and sometimes, how little―has changed for women . . . Typing prowess and wedding-night virginity may no longer be expected, but Shulman's tale of Sasha Davis's struggle to find herself amid conflicting cultural messages about beauty, brains, and sex will be resonant for many more years to come." ―Andi Zeisler, author of
"An extraordinary novel." ―
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““…now, after my schemes and triumphs, my visions and dares, to be, without income or skill, dependent on a man and a fading skin—it can only be the fulfilment of a curse!””
About Alix Kates Shulman
Alix Kates Shulman (b. 1932) is the celebrated author of fourteen books, including the bestselling novel
(1972), which established her as a primary figure in feminism’s second wave. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Shulman studied philosophy at Columbia University and received an MA at New York University. She became a political activist, joining the Congress of Racial Equality in 1961 and the Women’s Liberation Movement in 1967. Her other novels include
(1978),
(1981),
. . . (1987), and
(2012). She has also written the memoirs
(1995),
(1999), and
(2008);a biography of Emma Goldman entitled
(1971); and
(2012). Shulman lives in Manhattan and continues to speak frequently on issues such as writing, feminism, and reproductive choice.
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