"An inquiry into the basic scheme of American living by an author who has seen intimately the family relationship in mny countries."--Front of jacket. "Margaret Mead said of this book when it was first published: 'A fresh and original attack upon the problems of present-day culture in terms of the relationship between men and women. Without hostility, with simplicity, and with a belief in what women could do if they would, Miss Buck points out the no-man's land in which educated American women now live, all dressed up and no place to go. It is not a feminist book--for feminists either want women to ape men or to oust them. Pearl Buck wants to do neither; she wants women to complement men, work beside men, serene in a comradeship from which both men and women will benefit. From the background of her knowledge of China, Pearl Buck looks with candid, sensitive eyes at American women; out of the honesty of her belief in America, she tells the truth. Realistically she bids man help woman more, give more, dare more--that the world may be the gainer.' Out of print for some years, the book remains full of insights that are as valid as ever; and for the present new edition the author has written an epilogue of sobering comment on the changes in relationships we are now experiencing."--Jacket flap.

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