{"product_id":"one-years-time-british-library-women-writers-1940s-paperback","title":"One Year's Time: British Library Women Writers 1940s - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Milne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiza thought, we can't go on if we're not married. We're marking time. When we were in London and he went out in the evenings, I was jealous if it was a woman, and if it was a man I was resentful, and I thought, he doesn't want me to meet his friends. And when I did, either I was his girl friend or some one he had known a long time and would never be in love with, according to the occasion. And all the time I was waiting to be me. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's New Year's Day and Liza is painting her floor. Walter, who she met at the party the night before, arrives unexpectedly, and they immediately start a sexual relationship, dividing their nights between his flat and hers. The relationship continues through the course of the year, with the couple even posing as a married couple at one point. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Liza is frustrated by Walter's lack of commitment, finding herself continually compromising her dreams and her work to fit in with Walter's ambitions, and increasingly questioning why she bends her personality in an effort to convince him she'd make the perfect wife. As the year draws to a close, she decides to take control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part of a curated collection of forgotten works by early to mid-century women writers, the British Library Women Writers series highlights the best middlebrow fiction from the 1910s to the 1960s, offering escapism, popular appeal and plenty of period detail to amuse, surprise and inform.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Milne\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1990) was the niece of A. A. Milne. She was a regular and highly regarded contributor to \u003ci\u003ePunch \u003c\/i\u003eand is remembered for the best-selling\u003ci\u003e Jam and Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, one of two collections of her \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e pieces. \u003ci\u003eOne Year's Time\u003c\/i\u003e is her only novel, published in 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763907625248,"sku":"9780712354578","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/caa5ba1f868c9be7f357bfeb0da1a38f.webp?v=1780241963","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/one-years-time-british-library-women-writers-1940s-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}