Starry and Restless: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World
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Book Overview "Read this book and be enthralled." --The New York TimesA Parade Most Anticipated Book of the YearThe page-turning story of three women r...
"Read this book and be enthralled." --The New York Times
A Parade Most Anticipated Book of the Year
The page-turning story of three women reporters and the way they changed the world, work, and journalism.
She hid on a Red Cross boat to reach Omaha Beach on D-Day. She walked the abandoned streets of Hong Kong to take food to her daughter's father, a prisoner of war. She fought off the advances of overzealous Yugoslavian diplomats, found overlooked details of world history in a dentist's kitchen in Sarajevo. She traveled alone to Mexico. She traveled alone to Congo. She traveled alone to the American South. She married Hemingway. She married a Chinese poet-playboy-publisher, then married a British war hero. She fell in love with H. G. Wells. She gave birth and raised a child on her own. She landed on the front page of the newspaper. She wrote for the great magazines of her time--Vogue, The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar. She wrote a play. She wrote a memoir. She wrote a genre-breaking travel narrative. She wrote bestsellers. She wrote and wrote and wrote. She changed the very way we think about writing and the way journalists craft stories--which sources are viable, which details are important--and the way women move and work in the world.
She was Martha Gellhorn. She was Emily "Mickey" Hahn. She was Rebecca West. Each woman was starry-eyed for success, for adventure, and helped ensure that other starry and restless women could make unforgettable lives for themselves. They fought for their lives and their work. They were praised and criticized for it all.
In language as lively and nimble, in passages as intimate and adventurous, and with conviction as fierce and indefatigable as her subjects' own, Julia Cooke's Starry and Restless plays out the stories of three women across three decades and five continents. Martha, Mickey, Rebecca--journalists, authors, mothers, lovers, friends. These women didn't just bear witness to the great changes of the twentieth century; their curiosity, grit, ambition, and stories changed the world.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 448 | Language: English | Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX | ISBN: 0374609780
FormatHardcover
Pages448
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0374609780
EAN9780374609788
PublisherFARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX
Publication Date2026-02-24
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.47 Pounds
Length9.16 Inches
Width6.41 Inches
Height1.48 Inches
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