Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties

Marion Meade
3.81
1,442 ratings 197 reviews
In her exuberant new work, Marion Meade presents a portrait of four extraordinary writers - Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St.Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber- whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors embodied the spirit of the 1920s. These literary heroines did what they wanted and said what they thought, living wholly in the moment. They kicked open the door for twentieth-century women writers and set a new model for every woman trying to juggle the serious issues of economic independence, political power, and sexual freedom. Here are the social and literary triumphs and inevitably the penances paid: crumbled love affairs, abortions, depression, lost beauty, nervous breakdowns, and finally, overdoses and even madness. A vibrant mixture of literary scholarship, social history, and scandal, Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin is a rich evocation of a period that will forever intrigue and captivate us.
Genres: HistoryNonfictionBiographyAudiobookWritingFeminismAmerican HistoryHistoricalBiography MemoirBooks About Books
356 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
371 (26%)
4 star
577 (40%)
3 star
367 (25%)
2 star
99 (7%)
1 star
28 (2%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Marion Meade

Lists with this book

The Great Gatsby
The Illusionist's Apprentice
Brideshead Revisited
I am '20s, hear me roar!
482 books243 voters
Mrs. Dalloway
A Room of One’s Own
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Best Book Titles
11006 books7566 voters
When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse and the Birth of Modern Art
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
Twisted '20s
192 books26 voters