{"product_id":"not-so-quiet-9780935312829","title":"Not So Quiet...","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[A] bittersweet feminist antiwar novel . . . Brilliantly written, and cleverly mixing humor with bitterness” (\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraised by the \u003cem\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/em\u003e for its “furious, indignant power” and winner of the Prix Severigne in France as “the novel most calculated to promote international peace,” this story offers a rare, funny, bitter, and undeniably feminist look at war and its effects on all those who take part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in London in 1930, \u003cem\u003eNot So Quiet . . .\u003c\/em\u003e follows a group of British women ambulance drivers on the French front lines during World War I, surviving shell fire, cold, and their punishing commandant, “Mrs. Bitch”—even as their parents swell with pride that their girls aren’t shirking their duty to king and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking the guise of an autobiography by Smith—a pseudonym for Evadne Price—\u003cem\u003eNot So Quiet . . . \u003c\/em\u003eis a compelling counterpoint to Erich Maria Remarque’s \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFront\u003c\/em\u003e. The novel’s power comes from Smith’s outrage at the senselessness of war, her own daily contact with the suffering and the wounded, and at her country’s complacent patriotism and willingness to sacrifice its children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen Zenna Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43356440232054,"sku":"9780935312829","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_a9285112-4e55-4f11-9974-589c42d2b222.jpg?v=1777482110","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/not-so-quiet-9780935312829","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}