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Woman on the Edge of Time Paperback – November 12, 1985

4.2 out of 5 stars 1,322

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“This is one of those rare novels that leave us different people at the end than we were at the beginning. Whether you are reading Marge Piercy’s great work again or for the first time, itwill remind you that we are creating the future with every choice we make.”—Gloria Steinem
 
“An ambitious, unusual novel about the possibilities for moral courage in contemporary society.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“A stunning, even astonishing novel . . . marvelous and compelling.”
Publishers Weekly
 
“Connie Ramos’s world is cuttingly real.”
—Newsweek
 
“Absorbing and exciting.”
The New York Times Book Review


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Connie Ramos, a woman in her mid-thirties, has been declared insane. But Connie is overwhelmingly sane, merely tuned to the future, and able to communicate with the year 2137. As her doctors persuade her to agree to an operation, Connie struggles to force herself to listen to the future and its lessons for today....

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fawcett; Reissue edition (November 12, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0449210820
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0449210826
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Marge Piercy has written seventeen novels including the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers, the national bestsellers Braided Lives and The Longings of Women, and the classic Woman on the Edge of Time, as well as He, She and It and Sex Wars; nineteen volumes of poetry including The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems 1980–2010, The Crooked Inheritance, and Made in Detroit; and the critically acclaimed memoir Sleeping with Cats. Born in center city Detroit, educated at the University of Michigan and Northwestern, and the recipient of four honorary doctorates, Piercy is active in antiwar, feminist, and environmental causes.

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1,322 global ratings
Stays with you as you move on the edge of time
5 Stars
Stays with you as you move on the edge of time
I read this book years ago- mid 1980's, and early 2000's. Elements of it are still fresh and present in me to this day: example, out of "nowhere" I woke up this morning wanting to write this review. And it remains a benchmark for me for speculative, "literary" sci fi.It's definitely not an altogether fun read. The story of the binds that a marginalized woman like Connie in US society can be wound up in, tighter and tighter, is enraging and still rings true. As does the sense that we are creating the futures we will inhabit; our choices today matter. All three realities in which the tale occurs are well-drawn, palpable, and although the action does drag in places, much of the writing is very vivid, and the characters are still clear in my mind these many years later: Bee, Jackrabbit, the concubine with the painted legs and her wolfish protector, Connie's brother and sister in law. The use of "per" as a non-gendered pronoun for anyone worked, and was remarkably easy to get accustomed to. And there is this classic description of a pill-addled suburban housewife that is etched in my mind forever: "She wasn't bothered by what was happening at the table; she was off f***ing seven foot bronze angels on sunset clouds."In short, this book is a hidden gem, a true classic, and I would highly recommend you read it.
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