{"product_id":"down-among-the-women-by-fay-weldon","title":"'Down Among the Women' by Fay Weldon","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"412\"\u003eSocial comedy with teeth.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"412\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"80\"\u003eDown Among the Women\u003c\/em\u003e tracks a cluster of women bound by family, resentment, and habit, circling around men who are often peripheral yet structurally central. Marriages fray, generational tensions harden, small acts of rebellion or submission accumulate into something harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"725\"\u003eThe tone is brisk, often funny, but not particularly forgiving. Weldon’s interest is in how roles are inherited, how expectations settle into the body, how easily people become trapped in scripts they half-recognise. It reads quickly, but there’s a cold clarity underneath the humour that lingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"725\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenguin paperback reprint (mid-1980s; originally published 1971). Light to moderate edgewear and rubbing; minor creasing to covers; pages toned, text clean.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44367852175443,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-04T120231.014.png?v=1775264562","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/down-among-the-women-by-fay-weldon","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}