pIAre Parents PeopleI 1924 is a collection of stories by Alice Duer Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for womens suffrage Miller explores themes of independence agency and female desire while illuminating the subject of divorce. Her work was adapted into a 1925 comedy film starring Betty Bronson Florence Vidor and Adolphe Menjou. There they wereher mother looking down at her so calmly from the gallery and her father waiting so confidently for her below each unaware of the others presence. What in thunder was she going to do As the chairman of her schools selfgovernment committee Lita Hazlitt is a young woman committed to order. Seeing her parents in the same room for the first time since their acrimonious divorce she longs for them to reunite so that their family can return to its former state. When her attempts at reconciliation fall on deaf ears Lita begins to act out threatening her parents with scandal by spending time with an older married man. In each of its nine stories IAre Parents PeopleI explores the politics of divorce in middle to upper class American families. Witty and heartbreaking Millers work is an utterly human look at the shortcomings of marriage in modern life. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of Alice Duer Millers IAre Parents PeopleI is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.p