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{Retired} The Kathleen Dunn Show
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 10:00am

The January edition of our Back-to-School Book Club. Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" received harsh reviews from male critics when it was released in 1899. Chopin wrote overt descriptions of female sensuality, and the main character, Edna Pontellier, disdains the role of wife and mother that is prescribed for her in...

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