Down among the women

A classic from beloved national treasure Fay Weldon sees four women break the shackles of patriarchy and domesticity in s London, from the author of The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil Down among the women. What a place to be! So begins Fay Weldons novel, opening onto s London, where Wanda, a former radical who has left her husband, has raised her daughter Scarlet to be as independent as she is. But twenty-year-old Scarlet has already had one abortion, and is about to become a single mother. Theres also Scarlets friends: Sylvia, a born victim respectable Jocelyn, hopelessly trapped in her dull, bourgeois existence Audrey, who finally breaks out of her conventional life and Helen, beautiful, vibrant, and doomed.Over the course of twenty years, they will discover its never too late to become the women they are meant to be.Praise for Fay Weldon: A national treasure Literary ReviewWickedly stylish. Bursting with intelligence and fire Daily TelegraphProlific and provocative, Weldon shines brightest in the league table of British women novelists Time OutA queen of words Caitlin Moran