Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex and Suicide in the Deep South - Rosemary Daniell - Paperback - REISSUE

The cathartic, deeply personal result of Daniell's desire to cope with her mother Melissa's suicide at the age of 60, Fatal Flowers became an instant classic, a roadmap for Southern women in the communal quest to confront and explode the stereotypes that have long repressed and silenced them. Since its original publication two decades ago, this book's supporting audience has steadily increased. Its taboo-shattering descriptions of sexual awakening and self-fulfilment resonate across generations, representing an everywoman's account of the struggle for female identity in a South still often dominated by male superiority and rigid sexual mores.Daniell, Rosemary is the author of 'Fatal Flowers: On Sin, Sex and Suicide in the Deep South - Rosemary Daniell - Paperback - REISSUE' with ISBN 9780805010275 and ISBN 0805010270.