The Company of Women (Gordon novel)

The Company of Women (1981) is a novel by American author Mary Gordon. It is a coming-of-age story that details the sheltered upbringing of a well-educated Catholic girl named Felicitas, and how her values are challenged and altered by the turbulence of the 1960s protest movement. The book earned Gordon a second Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.^[1]

Plot

Father Cyprian is a Catholic priest whose parishioners include five women. These five form a circle of friendship. Among them is a child, Felicitas Maria Taylor, a serious-minded girl with no use for boys, dating, or fun. Rather, she dreams of the day she can become a great writer like Jane Austen. Felicitas develops as a composite of the older women.

References

^ "Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize—Past Recipients". Susan B. Anthony Institute. University of Rochester. Retrieved September 26, 2011.

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[1] "Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize—Past Recipients". Susan B. Anthony Institute. University of Rochester. Retrieved September 26, 2011.

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