Other Women (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Lisa Alther
- First Published: 1984
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Domestic realism
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Gender roles, Psychology or psychologists, 1980’s, New England, New Hampshire, Lesbianism or lesbians, Women, Nursing or nurses, Psychotherapy or psychotherapists
- Locales: New Hampshire
The Work
The heroine of Other Women is trying to make her way through a midlife crisis with the help of a sympathetic counselor. Caroline Kelly is the single mother of two teenage children; she is divorced from a doctor and is confronting the wish of her lesbian partner for an end to their relationship. She has also become increasingly bothered by her work as an emergency room nurse. In desperation, and despite her mistrust of psychology generally, she seeks help from a therapist, Hannah Burke.
The bulk of the novel is devoted to showing the extent to which...
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