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Braided lives

by Marge Piercy

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Info:	Harmondsworth Penguin 1983, c1982 444p 18cm pbk
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This book is incredibly open and real, which at points was overwhelming. I have been carrying it's intensity around with me for the last day or so, which tells me that it is truly a great work.

It has made me so thankful for the rights I have as a woman today, I have been aware for a long time that things were not always so, but to read about it in a way that made me feel as if I were experiencing the pain and confusion along with the characters has changed something in me .

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read this novel set in the Ann Arbor of yore my first year at UMich, in addition to loving the characters and the book itself, i really enjoyed tracing the connections to my adopted city. (

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0449213005, Mass Market Paperback)

Growing up in Detroit in the 1950s, and going to college when the first seeds of sexual freedom are being sown, Jill and Donna are coming of age in an exciting, turbulent time. Wry, independent Jill thrives in the new free-spirited world, while her beautiful cousin Donna desperately searches for a man to make her life whole. As each cousin is driven by different demons and desires, they eventually realize that they cannot overcome fundamental differences in each others' lives. Still, as their futures assume contrary paths, Jill and Donna realize that they may be separated, but they'll never be truly divided from one another.
"Rings with passionate awareness...honest and impressive."
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