500 Great Books By Women discussion

The Woman Who Was Not All There, Paula Sharp, 1988, United States, NOVEL

"Marjorie Le Blanc's husband "had misled her for so long that she learned to lean away from life to keep from falling over, like a woman walking a large dog." When they finally split up, she removes his name from their mailbox and wearily begins trying to understand what happened, and to figure out how she will raise four rambunctious children—Sam, Karen, Carla, and Ruth—alone..."

(J.L., p. 207)