A Place at the Table

by Edith Konecky

Rachel Levin's life is seemingly falling apart--her lover has left her, a friend's marriage is failing, and she has surgery for breast cancer--but she somehow finds the strength to cope with it all

Genres: Fiction, LGBT

241 pages, Hardcover

First published April 8, 1989

About the author

Edith Konecky is an American feminist novelist who, despite a relatively small body of work, can lay claim to a large literary achievement with Allegra Maud Goldman (1976), a coming-of-age novel that chronicles the growth of a young female artist.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Mary Follis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent--a woman writer and all her quirks and friends through life, including Diedre the bag lady with all her "t'ings". "The feast of life is spread for all, but there are only so many places at the table."

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started off strong and wonderful, like something I myself would love to write. But she lost me at the end.