Elizabeth Winder is the author of Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy, and Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953. Her work has appeared in the Chicago Review, Antioch Review, American Letters, and other publications. She is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, and earned an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University.
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Read This Summer" (July 2023)
"Delicious... as a reader you're swayed between boggling at the
outlaw glamour and eye-rolling at the drama and double standards.
The women certainly emerge as more original and dynamic
personalities than Mick'n'Keef."--Spectator (UK)
"Pacily written, Parachute Women is a gripping, thought-provoking
read with a surprisingly broad appeal. Even the Stones-averse will
find a lot to love here."--Classic Rock
"Perhaps more fascinating than the Stones themselves are the women
who helped create them... Pack this in your beach bag and you're
nearly guaranteed--sorry!--satisfaction."--Town & Country
"Winder spotlights how the vast influence of these women on the
Stones has largely been hidden in the shadow of the band's
monolithic mythos... Parachute Women is a step toward according
these women their rightful place in music culture..."--Washington
Post
"...[D]elicious, gossipy, glamorous, but also [an] emotional and
thoughtful read... --AirMail
"Winder expertly weaves the stories of these four women who floated
in and out of the Stones' orbit, and often simultaneously or
overlapping. Far more than just 'rock chicks, ' they helped mold
the men and their music--even if it came at their own
expense."--Houston Press
"A multi-faceted ... refreshing portrait of four women who dared to
be themselves in the hypermasculine world of rock."--Booklist
"This feminist look at the history of the women of the Rolling
Stones would make an excellent addition to collections looking to
round out its offerings on rock and women's history."--Library
Journal
"I've been waiting for someone to write this book since I read
Marianne Faithfull's memoir on a cross-country flight thirty years
ago. The story of how women dismissed as consorts, groupies, and
open secrets created the aesthetic that brought the Rolling Stones
to glory--and significantly contributed to their music, too--has
been buried too long. Winder embraces its dishiness while going
deeper, showing how these brilliant, strong women shaped cultural
history even as the men around them tried to contain and even
destroy them."--Ann Powers, author of Good Booty: Love and Sex,
Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
"A vivid portrait of the women behind 'the world's first rock
stars'... Gossipy, entertaining, and quite right in insisting on
the central role of women in making an iconic band
iconic."--Kirkus
"A fascinating portrait .... backed up by keenly described
historical background and an expert understanding of 1960s and '70s
rock culture. The result is a wild ride worthy of rock's
heyday."--Publishers Weekly
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