The Awakening

I find it sad that so many women reading this book and giving it one star say things like ‘Why didn't she just get a divorce?' It is 2016 and divorce still does hold some stigma for women. In 1899 a woman could be cast out just because she is SEEN on the street with a certain man!

But Edna didn't necessarily want a divorce. She does care for her husband. What she wants mostly is a role that is not mother/wife. She wanted to be more than that. I thought Chopin captured this desire for self and depression quite well.

While I don't think this was the greatest book I've ever read, I do think Chopin wrote very well about something that during her time wasn't something women talked about.