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9781573430043
Menopause, marriage and madness. Elizabeth Gilmartin begins to view life through her Walter Mitty-like character, Lolly Horn. She gallops through menopause, marriage and madness as she embraces her alter-ego to reach out past her perceived limitations and achieve far more than hoped. The gauntlet is dropped when the Elizabeth's husband, Edgar, consigns her to a mental institution for "menopausal madness." This unique novel strikes a cord to the heart of American life and the struggle women face to find their own identity and recognize their own self worth. An empowering plot with imaginative and intriguing treatments of the stereotypical myths surrounding women and menopause.White, Patricia Lucas is the author of 'P.S. I'Ve Taken a Lover' with ISBN 9781573430043 and ISBN 1573430048.
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