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Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy





Something bad happens in the future whenever the future worries about its past. Luciente has two lovers, one of whom Connie sleeps with, the other, Jackrabbit, is killed. Everyone recycles without being reminded, and everyone is loved.

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

There's no poverty and no discrimination. She even takes Connie to the future with her, because it is so nice that she feels Connie ought to see it. Whilst she is in the hospital, Connie begins to have visions, and is "visited" by a woman named Luciente who is visiting her from the future. Since Connie has previously been committed the hospital believes the story given to them by Geraldo and Dolly, who sides with her pimp over her aunt, and Connie is committed once more. Connie breaks Geraldo's nose, and Geraldo responds by knocking Dolly unconscious, and then having her committed into an insane asylum. Angelina is removed from her care and Connie is committed to a mental institution but nothing much changes in her disposition, and when she gets out she is just as depressed, and far more bitter about life she also has no money.Ĭonnie gets into an altercation with her niece Dolly's pimp, Geraldo, when Geraldo tries to influence Dolly into an abortion, which is illegal. Connie plunges into a depression and takes life out on her daughter whom she starts to beat. Whilst in prison, Claud participates in a medical testing program but dies after having a hepatitis vaccine tested on him. Claud is arrested for picking one pocket too many. He is a blind saxophone player and a skilled pickpocket who loves Connie's daughter, Angelina, as if she were his own. He is a drunk and an abuser, but they have a daughter to whom Connie gives birth shortly before Eddie leaves her for good.

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

She marries a second man, Eddie Ramos, who gives her his last name and a lifetime of trouble and misery.

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

She marries a man she loves but loses him when he is killed in a knife fight on the street. She ends up sleeping with a man she barely knows and getting pregnant.

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

She grows up poor, works hard for her education, and goes to college. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ĭonnie Ramos is a poor Latina woman who has not had an easy life. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.







Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy