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A Necessary Woman
A Necessary Woman
Author: Helen Van Slyke
This is a story of two women and two generations. The chance winning of a cruise to the South Pacific changes the life of thirty-eight-year-old Mary Farr Morgan. A thousand uncertainties preceded that bleak winter morning when she sailed from San Francisco, leaving behind the charming, unrealistic husband she�d loved and supported for fif...  more »
ISBN: 12919
Pages: 378
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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A book probably very relevant in the late 70's, when it was set. A 39-yo career woman in a dead marriage, wanting to not be the strong one in the relationship anymore, agonizes over leaving her husband. In the meantime, her niece tries to convert a homosexual man into being straight, becoming pregnant in the process. The story is set on a Pacific cruise, then in San Fransisco. The characters are interesting, and I enjoyed the peek into the Asia of that day, but the story just underscored how times have indeed changed.
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Interesting tale of a woman who seems to have everything... handsome husband, brilliant career, good looks, and was aching for so much more...


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