A classic by a St Louis born author Kate Chopin. Born in the 1851 and married around 20 and around 35 was widowed with 6 kids. She had moved to Louisiana when married. To support her family she started writing and was very successful at it, one of the first women to basically be a full time writer. This copy also has a few short stories after the main story The Awakening. I think a couple of her short stories will stay with me in memories, really powerful. The Awakening, I can see why it is a classic now & why was basically shunned back then--how dare a young married woman flirt with other men and then at end of book take her own life rather than be stuck in her married life.
This is a keeper for me, St Louis author and classic book and with a couple daughters I hope to get one or both of them to read this at some point.
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