The Facts of Life

by Paula Knight

In the 1970s, best friends Polly and April collect hazy knowledge about the "facts of life"--sex, reproduction, and gender norms--through the gossip of older girls, magazines and books, and the everyday behavior of their families and teachers. What they learn reinforces their assumption that they will grow up to become mothers. As the years pass, they each choose paths that they believe will enable them to "have it all."

April's dreams of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271078464
• ISBN13: 9780271078465
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 8.6"