{"product_id":"poor-cow-a-virago-modern-classic-9780349020853","title":"Poor Cow: A Virago Modern Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exuberant, pink-lipsticked, bestselling tale of London life, love and young motherhood in the sixties - now reissued as part of the Classics with Bite collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BESTSELLLING CLASSIC OF SIXTIES LONDON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Touching, truthful and fresh - a tour de force' \u003c\/b\u003eMARGARET DRABBLE \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hilarious, heartbreaking' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePARIS REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Her art is ignited by voice' \u003c\/b\u003eALI SMITH, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exuberantly alive'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo think when I was a kid I planned to conquer the world and if anyone saw me now they'd say, 'She's had a rough night, poor cow.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoy - twenty-one, bleach-blonde, a head full of dreams - walks down Fulham Broadway in a maternity dress and high suede shoes, carrying her week-old baby. Her husband Tom is a thief and on the proceeds of a job they move to a luxury flat in Ruislip, all new lino and fitted carpets. Then Tom is sent to prison, leaving Joy to move in with Auntie Emm - and to grapple with motherhood, modelling and unreliable men. Exuberant, earthy and tender, \u003ci\u003ePoor Cow \u003c\/i\u003ewas a revelatory portrait of sixties London life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eINTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780349020853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.6(L)x1.4(W)134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 134\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eNell Dunn (1936) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She was educated at a convent which she left at the age of fourteen.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe shot to fame with \u003ci\u003ePoor Cow\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) and \u003ci\u003eUp the Junction\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), both of which became successful films.\u003ci\u003e Up the Junction\u003c\/i\u003e won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eHer\u003cb\u003e art is ignited by voice\u003c\/b\u003e, especially by voice more usually given no societal, literary or aesthetic power or space but whose authority, as you hear it, is \u003cb\u003eunquestionable \u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIt was Nell's interest in the women of the working class that made her work \u003cb\u003etruly radical\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTouching\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etruthful\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003efresh\u003c\/b\u003e . . . written with an unselfconscious elegance that conceals its craft . . . A tour de force\u003cbr\u003eNell Dunn's hilarious, heartbreaking \u003ci\u003ePoor Cow\u003c\/i\u003e, about a single mother in sixties London * Paris Review *","brand":"Nell Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48544241451225,"sku":"9780349020853","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780349020853.jpg?v=1776451992","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/poor-cow-a-virago-modern-classic-9780349020853","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}