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Becoming a Woman of Substance
Sequel to Beguiled — Miriam Levine Butler finds herself depressed and hopeless. The Great Depression is raging, her marriage is deteriorating, and she is isolated at home with a handicapped child. She vows to change her life to save her life.
This uplifting story of how one woman in 1938 found her "true north" challenges the stereotype of the good wife and mother, while she discovers fulfilling work and a new love. Despite desperate world events and personal losses, Miriam rises above the fray and arrives at age 60 as a "woman of substance."
About the Author
Karma Kitaj
In publishing books about high-achieving people, Karma Kitaj (pronounced "Key-Tie") has tied together a long-standing love of books with a family emphasis on lifelong learning. As a teenager, Karma devoured Great Books — Dostoevsky, Proust, Kafka. Her mother, an English teacher, grilled her on grammar so she could place first in state English and Latin competitions.
Having been a "listening" expert all her adult life as a psychotherapist and life coach, she was fascinated by hearing and helping people make sense of their stories. Writing fiction was a natural evolution of that.
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What Readers Are Saying
"Karma Kitaj's Becoming A Woman of Substance is an extraordinary and captivating story. It can serve as a touchstone for years to come, capturing the era of the Great Depression and pre-WWII so well. Bravo."
"Karma Kitaj's new novel Becoming a Woman of Substance, which focuses on the demise of the wonderful and little known Federal Theatre Project in the late 1930's, feels contemporary to me."
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