Lady Oracle | Characters
The unfolding of Joan Foster's multiple incarnations provides the major source of narrative interest in this novel: She is herself the text's richest fountain of characterization. Joan's unhappy childhood dominates her adult psychological profile. Her mother's own dissatisfactions render her a tyrant whom Joan resists in self-destructive ways, most notably through a severe weight problem that magnifies her low self-esteem and thwarts her aspirations, given the taboos surrounding her "unacceptable" female appearance. Her father's emotional remoteness proves no protection against her...
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