The life of the mind : a novel
Book
First edition.
"As an adjunct professor of English with a draining and tedious courseload, Dorothy feels "like a janitor in the temple who continued to sweep because she had no idea what else to do but who had lost her belief in the essential sanctity of the enterprise." No one but her partner knows that she's just had a miscarriage, not even her therapists - Dorothy being the kind of person who begins seeing a second because she's too conflict-averse to break things off with the first. It's not so much that Dorothy is ashamed of the miscarriage itself as she is of the sense of purpose the prospect of motherhood had provided, of how much she'd wanted it. The freedom not to be a mother is one of the victories of feminism. So why does she feel like a failure? (That's another thing she's ashamed of.) "--Provided by publisher.
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 12 total copies.Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31035162232382 |
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Yonkers Riverfront Library | FICTION (Text) Fiction |
31035600043375 |
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Record details
- ISBN: 9780593229897
- ISBN: 0593229894
- Physical Description: 229 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: London : Hogarth, [2021]
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Genre: | Psychological fiction. Novels. |