94. Special Bonus Episode: Penelope Mortimer — Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Penelope Mortimer
Profoundly dismayed by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special bonus episode on Penelope Mortimer’s must-read 1958 novel, Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting. Abortion and the right to choose are central to the plot, making it just as timely as when it first shocked critics with its “feminine rage.”
Discussed in this episode:
Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer (McNally Editions)
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
“The Calamity of Unwanted Motherhood” by Sophie Gilbert (The Atlantic)
Penelope Mortimer: A Writing Life by Lucy Scholes (The New York Review)
The Pumpkin Eaters by Penelope Mortimer