Stella Dallas

by Olive Higgins Prouty Narrated by Barbara Stanwyck

Overview

Stella Dallas marries a rich young man but separates due to his demands that she change. She leaves with their daughter, Laurel, in search of a better life, which she devotes entirely to her daughter. One day, she takes Laurel to an upmarket resort where Laurel befriends some rich kids. Stella realises that for Laurel to have a better life she must send her daughter back to live with her father and his new wife.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Under Olive Higgins Prouty's genteel prose beats a heart of expertly observed class analysis and steely eyed depictions of women—mothers, daughters, and wives—in American society... Stella Dallas is a feminist gem of tough but compassionate realism." —Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United States

"You can't understand the dynamics of mother blaming that seeps through pop culture without this wrenching novel. Read it and weep—literally!" —Jamie Babbit, director of But I'm a Cheerleader

“One of the most entertaining, excellently sustained and consistently developed novels of the season.” —New York Times

"Mrs. Prouty has triumphed with her Stella Dallas. She has revealed a rich and deep understanding of human weaknesses and shortcomings." —NY World

"One does not have the good fortune to encounter many times in a season so sound a novel as Mrs. Prouty's Stella Dallas... It has a simple but deeply moving narrative. It portrays several characters with an understanding and sympathy that is so human that we seem to have walked their path with them." —Boston Transcript

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170640430
Publisher:	The Copyright Group
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Edition description:	Unabridged

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