A novel that delves into "the psychology behind the choice between career and homemaker faced by so many women. Delicately written and highly recommended" (
Library Journal).
What happens when your husband falls in love with the woman you might have become?
Eighteen-year-old Carolyn Tanner lies in a hospital bed. Recovering from an accident, she imagines herself returning to her parents' home, marrying her childhood sweetheart, and becoming a mother. Instead, she joins a women's cooperative and becomes a landscape architect. But as her dream and her real life entangle, she must search to find her true self.
"A splendid and sustained fable for our time." -Marge Piercy, author of
Gone to Soldiers
"Infinitely subtle delights. . .
Her Living Image appeals through its author's gimlet eye for details and the charity with which she dissects her women's lives and choices." -
Time Out
"Jane Rogers often writes beautifully in her second novel, which consists of two alternate versions of the same character's story. . . There are some delicately lovely passages, especially when Ms. Rogers uses imagery from nature." -
The New York Times
"A skillful, intelligent, technically ambitious novel (first published in England, and winner there of the Somerset Maugham Award) about a young woman who creates a fantasy persona that takes on a life of its own. . . All in all, superb writing that is almost never overwhelmed by the underlying political message. No easy feat." -
Kirkus Reviews
