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    Valley of the Dolls

    Valley of the Dolls

    FromLit Century

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    Valley of the Dolls

    FromLit Century

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    Length:
    57 minutes
    Released:
    May 18, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    In this episode co-hosts Catherine Nichols and Sandra Newman discuss Jacqueline Susann's 1966 mega-bestseller Valley of the Dolls, looking at how it treats women's bodies, sexuality, success, and glamour purely as sources of misery. In this book (nominally a cautionary tale about drug addiction) the only real joy comes from pills.
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    Released:
    May 18, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (67)

    Hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Join the hosts and their special guests to find out what the 20th century was all about.