ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to present the latest work by Erica Abeel: The Commune
Her current novel The Commune is a comic satire and roman a clef that takes us inside the Hamptons commune populated by the newly liberated women present at the creation of the seminal 1970 Women’s March for Equality. The Commune’s pioneering feminists can talk the talk, but find themselves whipsawed between the bold new ideals of the women’s movement and the powerful tug of the past – and therein lies drama.
Erica Abeel is the author of five books, including the acclaimed novels Wild Girls (a Notable Book in Oprah Magazine) and Women Like Us, and the [auto-fiction] memoir Only When I Laugh. She writes about women caught on the cusp between convention and change. A former dancer, Abeel is Professor Emeritus of French literature at City University of New York. When not writing fiction, she covers film for online entertainment sites. Abeel treasures time spent with her family. An avid swimmer, she lives in both East Hampton and Manhattan.
“How could you not love Erica Abeel’s “The Commune,” when it contains within its delicious description of the summer of 1970 and the beginnings of feminism, this chewy gem about a woman who is “…an invitation to ruin…the old ivory of her skin, a medallion of fat beneath the shoulder strap of her bra, delectable, all of it.” Cutting, knowing, hilarious…”The Commune” is delectable, all of it.” — Lucian Truscott, journalist and author of “Dress Gray”
Title: The Commune
Author: Erica Abeel
Publisher: Adelaide Books
Publisher Website: https://adelaidebooks.org/
ISBN: 978-1954351790
Price: $22.30
Page Count: 330 pages
Formats: Paperback
Description of the company: ADELAIDE BOOKS LLC is a New York based independent company dedicated to publishing literary fiction and creative nonfiction. It was founded in July 2017 as an imprint of the Adelaide Literary Magazine, with the aim to facilitate publishing of novels, memoirs, and collections of short stories, poems, and essays by contributing authors of our magazine and other qualified writers.
