Fay Weldon

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born

September 22, 1931 in Alvechurch, England, The United Kingdom

gender

female

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http://redmood.com/weldon/

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Literature & Fiction

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Fay Weldon CBE is an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Weldon

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Books by Fay Weldon

Average rating: 3.46 · 4,418 ratings · 464 reviews · 91 distinct works

	The Life and Loves of a She Devil 3.62 avg rating — 1,102 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen 3.60 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions	My rating:
	She May Not Leave 2.95 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Hearts and Lives of Men 3.75 avg rating — 147 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Cloning of Joanna May 3.51 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Praxis 3.56 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Puffball 3.58 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Down Among the Women 3.89 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Worst Fears 3.31 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Wicked Women by Fay Weldon, Laura Hammond Hough (Designed by) 3.43 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Fay Weldon

“guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine”
― Fay Weldon

tags: fiction , motherhood , she-may-not-leave

14 people liked it

“She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.”
― Fay Weldon, Worst Fears

tags: grief

7 people liked it

“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”
― Fay Weldon

5 people liked it

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