Woman on the Edge of Time ( 1976)
Marge Piercy

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B. Encounters: 

I.  Wardmates 

  • Sybil -- pp. 82-83; discussing what sex means p. 85-86
  • Joan and her word salad pp. 86-87
  • Mrs. Martinez 82
  • Glenda 110; 
  • Alice 144-45;"You take the shit and you is shit, girl."
  • Getting money from Skip to make a phone call to Dolly pp. 166-67.


II. Connie's meeting L and her responses to Luciente: 

  • meeting L: 1) on the street after she is exhausted by work p. 36; 2) on the street; 3) after she feels very lonely (51-52); 4) when she is in seclusion cell in the hospital 63; 5) actively wants to get away and visit 113; has to turn off her memory 113;"Luciente, let me visit"
  • responses: 
    • sex p. 37 "boys in her dreams" grow younger and more beardless. 
    • concerned with her own money: 41; 
    • "dyke" 57; 
    • the agricultural society: 67
    • touching and caressing: think of childhood 76;
    • re. sign language -- disbelief, self-defense (e.g. p. 98 --does not like to be denied by the cat)
  • Connie's responses as a mother and a lover
    • hate them for their idea of motherhood; p. 105;
    • feels angry  p. 134; 182 (kisses Dawn); give Angie to them 141
    • be with Bee 
      -- Luciente reminds her of her mother's mother 225;
      -- dreams of being a comother p. 249-
    • "Why me" 196; 
  • no transition (inviation/reception) 265; 
  • difficulties in connection since 1) Jackrabbit's death and 2) the implant of electrode
  • Connie's joining the war 301; 328
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Woman on the Edge of Time.  NY: Fawcett Crest 1976.  22nd printing 1991.