{"product_id":"9781620977941","title":"The Brass Notebook","description":"Author: Devaki Jain\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781620977941\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Press, The\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Jun 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lyrical and globe-spanning memoir by the influential feminist economist, with introductory pieces from two American icons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Your heart and world will be opened by reading The Brass Notebook, the intimate and political life of Devaki Jain, a young woman who dares to become independent.\" -Gloria Steinem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e, who encouraged Jain to write her story. Over half a century later, Jain has crafted what Desmond Tutu has called \"a riveting account of the life story of a courageous woman who has all her life challenged what convention expects of her.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross an extraordinary life intertwined with those of Iris Murdoch, Gloria Steinem, Julius Nyerere, Henry Kissinger, and Nelson Mandela, Jain navigated a world determined to contain her ambitions. While still a young woman, she traveled alone across the subcontinent to meet Gandhi's disciple Vinoba Bhave, hitchhiked around Europe in a sari, and fell in love with a Yugoslav at a Quaker camp in Saarbrcken. She attended Oxford University, supporting herself by washing dishes in a local cafe. Later, over the course of an influential career as an economist, Jain seized on the cause of feminism, championing the poor women who labored in the informal economy long before mainstream economics attended to questions of inequality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e perfectly merges the political with the personal-a book full of life, ideas, politics, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920666149022,"sku":"ING-9781620977941","price":52.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781620977941.jpg?v=1782827430","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781620977941","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}