R wrote - Started Marilyn French's last book, The Love Children. So far so good.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ review this as follows
The Love Children (2005)
A novel by Marilyn French
Marilyn French's 1977 novel The Women's Room epitomized the feminist movement and became one of the most influential books of our time. Now she has captured the complexities of life for the daughters of the Women's Room generation in her highly anticipated new novel The Love Children.
It is the late 1960s in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Grateful Dead is playing on the radio and teenagers are wearing long hair and blue jeans. Jess Leighton, the daughter of a temperamental painter and a proto-feminist Harvard professor, is struggling to make sense of her world amid racial tensions, Vietnam War protests, and anti-government rage. With more options than her mother's generation, but no role model for creating the life she desires, Jess experiments with sex and psychedelic drugs as she searches for happiness on her own terms. In the midst of joining and fleeing a commune, growing organic vegetables, and operating a sustainable restaurant, Jess grapples with the legacy of her mother's generation.
Clara - Can't wait to read it - sounds great - set in the era we are revisiting especially with G being in Vietnam. Love your mobius scarf - silk screened with a photo - I had a Silk Screen Cottage Industry in the 80's but my mind boggles at being able to silk screen knits.
Still haven't forgotten Time Management or Looking in Mirrors.
Cheers Clara
Welcome to my journey as I photograph something I create everyday for a year... RRT
Continuous Scarf silkcreened with a photo I took of indian ruins in New Mexico
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Dear C
ReplyDeleteSilkscreened, cottage, industry. Lovely thoughts. I love to silkscreen, especially with thickened dye. I used fabric paints on this piece which worked but left the fabric stiffer than I liked. Versatex screen printing ink works best, need to place an order for more colors. Thickened dye tends to bleed when I use it on my knits and the heavy washing required takes a toll on the knit fabric. Sorry, too much info here. I just get so excited about silkscreens and printing. It makes me very happy and I forget all about mirrors!
love
R