Bucking preconceived notions of how women should behave, the protagonists in WOMEN UP ON BLOCKS seek to reconcile the price they’ve paid for allowing the roles of wife, mother, daughter, and lover to define them. But nature abhors a vacuum; in pursuing escape from the restrictive roles of modern womanhood, a host of baser instincts emerge.
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Bucking preconceived notions of how women should behave, the protagonists in WOMEN UP ON BLOCKS seek to reconcile the price they’ve paid for allowing the roles of wife, mother, daughter, and lover to define them. But nature abhors a vacuum; in pursuing escape from the restrictive roles of modern womanhood, a host of baser instincts emerge.
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About Mary
Mary Akers' fiction, poetry and non-fiction have appeared or are forthcoming in various international journals such as Bellevue Literary Review, The Fiddlehead, and Primavera. Her personal essays on parenting and the writing life are forthcoming in...
Published Reviews
Apr.12.2009
Women up on Blocks is a welcome change of pace from much of today's women's fiction. No syrupy sweetness or over-the-top sexy adventure here; just realistic women living realistic lives. The book is a...
Jul.08.2009
The female protagonists in this collection are prisoners in multifarious ways: trapped by the weight of marriage to errant/insensitive men, the burden of childcare, an addiction or the limitations of a...
Member Reviews
May.18.2009
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