Reading "In the Hands of the Goddess" at first reminded me of sociology courses from my university days. Or of a National Geographic article. In any case, I'd have been satisfied to leave it at that. However, the fictional story that Garrard has written over it is compelling in its own right. Like in instances in real life and in numerous stories, books, TV shows, and movies, women have tried to break through the barrier of stereotypically gender-based employment, a boy in Garrard story, wishes to dive like his mother and grandmother. He's met with resistance and the consequences are high. It's especially complicated by larger, external society...
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2 comments:
I'm really interested in this type of story. I'll have to put it on my list to read.
I read an interesting/weird short story this week.
http://loniseye.blogspot.ca/2013/06/robot-by-helena-bell.html
I definitely have to read this one as well. It's a fascinating community.
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