![]() ![]() ![]() Her mother-in-law is especially awful as she thinks Emilienne is not good enough for her son and she conspires to end their marriage, even reaching out to her son’s mistress. ![]() The Fury and Cries of Women can be a tough read at times because Emilienne puts up with so much from everyone around her including her parents, her sister, her husband and her mother-in-law that it’s surprising to takes her so long to snap at them when I got so mad at them when just reading about it. Emilienne has a good job (that earns more than her husband) and she’s educated but all society and those closest to her seem to care about is her ability to have children – and she’s not immune to those thoughts either. The Fury and Cries of Women is set in the 1980s and it’s one of those stories that seems as relevant today as when it was first published in 1989. ![]() The tragic death of her only child accentuates Emilienne’s anguish, all the more so because of her subsequent barrenness and the pressure that she concedes to her husband taking a second wife. Those closest to her, and even she herself, constantly question her role as woman, wife, mother, and lover. Trigger warnings for death of a child, animal abuse, and discussions of miscarriage and infertility.Įmilienne completes her university studies in Paris marries a man from another ethnic group becomes a leader in women’s liberation enjoys professional success, even earning more than her husband and eventually takes a female lover. ![]()
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