I quite enjoyed this book, despite some of its darker themes. I think the portions about time travel were reasonable, non-sterotypical (rockets and lasers and all) and did not require me to suspend my belief to enjoy the book.

An interesting feminist science fiction story about a basically genderless utopia...I found most of the story depressing, and hard to appreciate fully.

Feminist science fiction classic.

A woman is deemed crazy by her family, and then while living in an instution is visited by people from the future. It sounds like a bizarre premise, but this is a fantastic book on feminism, mental health, with a slight utopian twist.

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With honest and compelling prose, Marge Piercy delves into the mind of thirty-seven-year-old Consuelo (Connie) Ramos, a woman who exists on the fringes of life in contemporary New York City. Early in the novel Connie beats up her niece's pimp and is committed - again - to the psychiatric ward in Bellevue Hospital. The novel shifts between the horrible conditions in psychiatric wards and the year 2137, as Connie at first talks to, then time travels with Luciente, a person from that future time. Luciente lives in a non-sexist, communal country where people's survival is ensured based on need, not money. A sense of freedom, choice, and safety are part of Luciente's world; Connie's world is the complete opposite. Though Connie struggles to stand up for herself and others in the treatment centers, she knows that the drugs she is forced to take weaken her in every way. She knows she shouldn't be there, knows how to play the game, and tells herself "You want to stop acting out. Speak up in Tuesday group therapy (but not too much and never about staff or how lousy this place was) and volunteer to clean up after the others." But she knows she is stuck. Connie spends more time "away" with Luciente, trying to develop a way out of her hell. Ultimately Connie makes her plan of action, and the book leaves us with our own questions about Connie's insanity and decisions. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Holly Smith

Product Description
Connie Ramos, a woman in her mid-thirties, has been declared insane. But Connie is overwhelmingly sane, merely tuned to the future, and able to communicate with the year 2137. As her doctors persuade her to agree to an operation, Connie struggles to force herself to listen to the future and its lessons for today....

I read this book for the first time about 20 years ago and I never forgot it...Sometimes everyone needs to escape their everyday life and Connie found a way to do it...

I found this book very depressing

Interesting book about a Latina woman, who is committed to an insane asylum because she communicates with people in the year 2137.

I absolutely loved this book - Marge Piercy's foray into science fiction - I could read anything by this woman (and have!)!

I read this almost 20 years ago. From what I recall, it was a good summer read.

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