MARILYN FRENCH: THE WOMEN'S ROOM Marilyn French was born in New York City, grew up on Long Island and attended Hofsta College and Harvard University, where she received her doctorate. She has taught in Hofsta, Harvard and Holy Cross College. The Women's Room is a book about the life in the 1950's and 1960's through the eyes on one woman, Mira. This is a book about all women. As we read and re-read this book today, almost half a century later, we know what it was like then. And we realize that now is much less different than we would like to believe. Marilyn French is not a poet, her words are the dry words of a scholar. Without finesse, the novel keeps putting the facts in front of us, over and over - and we cry, and laugh, grind our teeth in anger, and hold our breath hopefully with Mira, and, with her, we make the same conclusions. The book is so completely true, it hurts to read. Quotes Marilyn French Links Back to Small Green Frog Page