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"POWERFUL...EXTRAORDINARY...MOVING." --San Francisco Chronicle Her marriage over, her life unraveling, writer Leila Landsman turns to work, and finds herself drawn to the sensational story of Becky Burgess, a young woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her teenage lover. Becky thought she'd escaped the grim poverty of her childhood when she married up, but her husband was soon planning to trade her in for a newer model. And that's just what happened to Mary Burke, whose middle class life ended with her divorce. Now Leila's housecleaner, Mary has a secret: she is homeless. They are three very different women who share the same longings: to be seen for who they are, to be valued and loved, but most of all, to have a physical and emotional home that can't be taken away....
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The Longings of Women, Marge Piercy
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- Année de publication
- 1995
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- Titre
- The Longings of Women
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Marge Piercy
- Éditeur
- Fawcett
- Publié
- 1995
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 462
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans d'amour, Littérature contemporaine, Famille, Femmes, Romance contemporaine, Féminisme
- Titre original
- The longings of women
- Évaluation
- 4,25 sur 5
- Description
- "POWERFUL...EXTRAORDINARY...MOVING." --San Francisco Chronicle Her marriage over, her life unraveling, writer Leila Landsman turns to work, and finds herself drawn to the sensational story of Becky Burgess, a young woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her teenage lover. Becky thought she'd escaped the grim poverty of her childhood when she married up, but her husband was soon planning to trade her in for a newer model. And that's just what happened to Mary Burke, whose middle class life ended with her divorce. Now Leila's housecleaner, Mary has a secret: she is homeless. They are three very different women who share the same longings: to be seen for who they are, to be valued and loved, but most of all, to have a physical and emotional home that can't be taken away....