Three Women
Three Women
Author: Marge Piercy
Desc: Suzanne Blume has known success and disappointment in equal measure. A respected lawyer who survived two marriages and put two children through college she now faces the disquieting prospect of her wayward older daughter moving back home. But more troubling still is the news that her mother a woman of legendary independence who has never truly accepted her daughter nor approved of her choices has been felled by age and illness. And for the first time in her life she needs Suzanne's help. Intertwining the lives of three generations of contemporary women master storyteller Marge Piercy plunges into the deepest most elemental basics of life -- love aging illness and death -- and emerges with a brave compassionate exploration of the volatile ground between mothers and daughters.