Plaintext: Deciphering a Woman's Life - Nancy Mairs

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Plaintext: Deciphering a Woman's Life, Nancy Mairs, 1986, United States, ESSAYS

"...Since the rigors of MS and agoraphobia make many of life's usual "adventures" impossible for her, Nancy Mairs redefines adventure within her own parameters, not by what one does but by the passion or thoroughness with which one does it...Describing her stay in a psychiatric hospital as a young mother, she recounts each agonizing step of her survival (not "recovery") and relates this experience to the mad-woman" paradigm that haunts women who have confronted raw frustration and existential panic..."

(K.B., p. 302)