6/27/2023 0 Comments One True Thing by Anna Quindlen![]() And I wanted to explore a series of events that would take Ellen there, or at least place her closer to some more balanced sense of what it means to be female. ![]() Of course, as we all know now, what works for so many people is a synthesis, something closer to the center. To me, Kate and Ellen represent the two polar ideas of women that arose at that time: the traditional woman, who embraced life as wife and mother alone and the new woman, who rejected those roles in favor of a life in the world. ![]() ![]() Question: Where did you come up with the idea for such a complex story? How did you do your research on the medical and legal aspects of the novel?Īnna Quindlen: Odd as it may seem to some readers, I wanted to write a novel about the lives of women at the end of the twentieth century, in light of the modern feminist revolution. ![]()
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