A Whistling Woman
A. S. Byatt
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
<p><b>A Whistling Woman</b><i> </i>portrays the antic, thrilling, and dangerous period of the late '60s as seen through the eyes of a woman whose life is forever changed by her times.<br><br>Frederica Potter, a smart, spirited 33-year-old single mother, lucks into a job hosting a groundbreaking television talk show based in London. Meanwhile, in her native Yorkshire where her lover is involved in academic research, the university is planning a prestigious conference on body and mind, and a group of students and agitators is establishing an "anti-university." And nearby a therapeutic community is beginning to take the shape of a religious cult under the influence of its charismatic religious leader.<br><br><b>A Whistling Woman </b>is a brilliant and thought-provoking meditation on psychology, science, religion, ethics, and radicalism, and their effects on ordinary lives.<br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i></br></br></br></br></br></br></p>