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Reviewed on May 1, 1994
Cheever's initial idea for her biographical subject was a remarkable famous woman, but she decided instead on a supposedly average woman without the privileges and limited scope of most heroines. Cheever's revised thesis required a woman emblematic of her generation, and Linda Green, a 45-year-old schoolteacher with two children, appeared to be a likely candidate. Cheever fail...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




