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The Other Woman: Stories of Two Women and a Man

by Susan Koppelman (Editor)

Other authors: Mary Austin (Contributor), Alice Brown (Contributor), Lydia Maria Child (Contributor), Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor)13 more, Ellen Glasgow (Contributor), Helen Hunt Jackson (Contributor), A.R. Leach (Contributor), Yu-hwa Lee (Contributor), Helen Reimensnyder Martin (Contributor), Louise Meriwether (Contributor), Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Contributor), Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Contributor), Jane Rule (Contributor), Harriet Prescott Spofford (Contributor), James Tiptree Jr. (Contributor), Alice Walker (Contributor), Martha Wolfenstein (Contributor)

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Inside and outside marriage, what happens to the woman betrayed? How do abandoned wives or lovers feel? What happens when the battle between the sexes becomes a triangle? The plots in this collection of eighteen stories written between the 1840s and 1980s are infinitely variable, and the outcomes will enrage, shock, amuse, and sometimes hearten. In some stories, women forge links with other women in solidarity. In others, women fight for their men and win. In many stories, the betrayal ultimately enriches the central character, who learns through the loss of her man the value of her own life.… (more)
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There are many stories about "The Other Woman." Almost all of them are written from the perspective of the "original" woman, the one who's husband is cheating on her. Some are written from Society's perspective where, once again, the "Other woman" is evil. Susan Koppelman's anthology of short stories is written from the perspective of the "Other Woman."
Following a very interesting, if lengthy, introduction, 24 pages, Ms. Koppelman presents eighteen original short stories about "Two Women and a Man" written between 1842 and 1981. Some of the authors, like Alice Walker, are well-known but most of them are not, primarily because women writers were not given the same respect for their work that the male authors received. Each story is preceeded by a brief biography of the author.
There are many valid reasons that a woman became "The Other Woman." During pre-Civil War days, she may have been a Negro and she and the man she loved (and who loved her) were unable to legally marry. She may not be the Other Woman by choice. She may have economic needs. She may not have known the man was married. In one story, the two women become good friends.
Whatever the reason, reading these well-told stories by talented woman writers, some who wrote more than 150 years ago, sheds some much needed light on an old theme. ( )
  Judiex | Aug 13, 2012 |
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Austin, MaryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, AliceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Child, Lydia MariaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Freeman, Mary E. WilkinsContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Glasgow, EllenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jackson, Helen HuntContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leach, A.R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lee, Yu-hwaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Martin, Helen ReimensnyderContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Meriwether, LouiseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Phelps, Elizabeth StuartContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rawlings, Marjorie KinnanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rule, JaneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spofford, Harriet PrescottContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Inside and outside marriage, what happens to the woman betrayed? How do abandoned wives or lovers feel? What happens when the battle between the sexes becomes a triangle? The plots in this collection of eighteen stories written between the 1840s and 1980s are infinitely variable, and the outcomes will enrage, shock, amuse, and sometimes hearten. In some stories, women forge links with other women in solidarity. In others, women fight for their men and win. In many stories, the betrayal ultimately enriches the central character, who learns through the loss of her man the value of her own life.

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