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irisblue

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15. Wolffe book was about a womans need for financial independence & space to be her authentic self

Sat May 16, 2026, 12:39 PM

19 hrs ago

Atwoods' book is about the loss of both. The books were published less then 60 yrs apart.l
Wolffes' book, which I first read in the mid 70s is in my memory is....hopefull ; Atwoods' book, which I read in 88/89 is mostly not.
I used descent in the definition of going downwards, not inthe sense of spawning children.

Also I have not read either book in this century, and it appears to be time to this summer.

Make sense?

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There's always audiobooks! DaBronx Yesterday #2

True, but I'll still need the extra years! biophile 21 hrs ago #14

Audiobooks thru the library? irisblue 23 hrs ago #6

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I chalked up to that excuse for not including On The Road by Kerouac 70sEraVet 22 hrs ago #12

A word on who generated the list and by what criteria were used. werdna 23 hrs ago #4

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I curious about your use of "descendant" here. intheflow 23 hrs ago #9

Wolffe book was about a womans need for financial independence & space to be her authentic self irisblue 19 hrs ago #15

I've read 17 pfitz59 23 hrs ago #7

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