Publisher's Synopsis
This novel unfolds as a series of entries in the journal of a suburban housewife attending college for the first time at the age of thirty-five. Ella's growing consciousness begins to shake the foundations of her life, and she comes to the realization that she is irrevocably changedand that to be true to herself, she must make painful choices.
First published in 1972, Ella Price's Journal is a deeply authentic literary rendering of a woman's struggle to give voice to what Betty Friedan in The Feminine Mystique called the problem that has no name," and a novel that affirms the possibility of growth toward a richly intense and authentic life at any age.
First published in 1972, Ella Price's Journal is a deeply authentic literary rendering of a woman's struggle to give voice to what Betty Friedan in The Feminine Mystique called the problem that has no name," and a novel that affirms the possibility of growth toward a richly intense and authentic life at any age.
