Kinflicks by Lisa Alther

Kinflicks

Lisa Alther

The story of Ginny Babcock, a woman of the 1960s, flower child, cheerleader, dutiful daughter and wayward wife, which explores the limited roles offered to women in this period. Lisa Alther reels through the ups and downs of Ginny Babcock’s coming of age in Hullsport, Tennessee, during the ’50s and ’60s. Ginny bounces from one identity to another,adopting the values, politics, lifestyle, even the sexual orientation of each new partner. In her wise, funny, and ultimately heartbreaking story, Alther explores the limited roles offered to women in the ’60s — from cheerleader to motorcycle moll, bulldyke to madonna — each embodying important truths about the aspirations of the culture that created them. Alther’s artful tale takes the reader into the heart and mind of an intense heroine who joins the ranks of Holden Caulfield, Jane Eyre, and Stephen Daedalus.

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Details

ISBN 9780140044102
Genre Fiction
Publication Date 1988
Publisher Penguin
Format Paperback
No. of Pages 576
Language English
Rating NotRated
Subject Fiction In English
BookID 6387

Author: LFWBooks