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Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide
Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide | Jeremy Gavron
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A son s search for his mother, a feminist pioneer and a casualty of her time In London, 1965, a brilliant young woman a prescient advocate for women s rights has just gassed herself to death, leaving behind a suicide note, two young sons, and a soon-to-be-published book: The Captive Wife. No one had ever imagined that Hannah Gavron might take her own life. Beautiful, sophisticated, and swept up in the progressive 60s, she was a promising academic and the wife of a rising entrepreneur. But there was another side to Hannah, as Jeremy Gavron reveals in this searching portrait of his mother. Gavron who was just four when his mother killed herself attempts to piece her life together from letters, diaries, photos, and the memories of old acquaintances. Ultimately, he not only uncovers Hannah s struggle to carve out her place in a man s world; he examines the suffocating constrictions placed on every ambitious woman in the mid-twentieth century."
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TheBookHippie
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A Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son's Search for a Mother Who Wanted More | Jeremy Gavron
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I had the ARC forever on my TBR CART picked it up yesterday read it in one setting. The most honest memoir I‘ve ever read 5 stars. Found it on kindle for 1.99 in case anyone wants to give it a go.
Trigger warning suicide/sexual abuse inferred ..

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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
DrSabrinaMoldenReads
Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide | Jeremy Gavron
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Excellent! Unforgettable! A great reading experience on many levels! I think saying too much may spoil it for those interested in reading this book, that is true yet so much like a mystery novel. I will share two major thoughts that come to mind after finishing it: There are no easy answers. Life is more complicated than most of us ever imagine.

TrishB Looks interesting 👍 7y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads It was very interesting @TrishB 7y
RealBooks4ever My library doesn't have this book, so I recommended to them that they get the audiobook version! I like listening to non-fiction while I'm at work. 🎧 7y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Great! I think you will really enjoy it! @RealBooks4ever 7y
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
DrSabrinaMoldenReads
Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide | Jeremy Gavron
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Life is so good for me right now, reading two awesome books in a row. Ok! Guess I will need to go to my job to earn coins to buy more books. 😂

melbeautyandbooks Love it when that happens! The good books not the work part. 😆 7y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads Exactly! @melbeautyandbooks 7y
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads
DrSabrinaMoldenReads
Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide | Jeremy Gavron
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A library book I was putting off reading that cannot be renewed replaced the Joyce Carol Oates. Its compelling and fascinating.

EvieBee Sounds awesome! Checking to see if my library has a copy. 7y
DrSabrinaMoldenReads IT IS! @EvieBee 7y
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Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide | Jeremy Gavron
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Welcome to #LitsyPartyofOne headquarters for yours truly. It's a little messy... a little chaotic... and I started eating the yogurt between pictures 😄 It's my happy place and I love it! 😍
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I also finished listening to A Woman on the Edge of Time as I was creating this little photo collage and it was outstanding! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
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BookishMarginalia 👍🏼 7y
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