My novel The Awakening has recently been published, but already the printing of it has been stopped. Apparantly, the theme of female sexuality is too scandalous for my time. The Awakening is the story of a woman named Edna Pontellier, who is desperately searching for an escape from her life. She is trapped in a marriage she does not belong in, with children she cannot take care of. Everyone expects her to be someone she is not. Women these days are too afraid to admit that they feel the same way as Edna. I was not afraid to admit this. What people may not know is that I am Edna. I based her character off of my own experiences and emotions. The one difference is that Edna had to succumb to the depths of the ocean to finally find freedom, while my writing has set me free.
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