an open door

<p>Kirkus Reviews<span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0.9)> calls </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0.9)>an open door </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0.9)>An adroit dry-witted tale about a strong-willed woman trying to live her life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's 1948 and the freedom granted women by the Second World War is gone. Edith Sloan earning her doctorate is told by her law student husband to cancel her academic plans. His bright future requires a certain kind of wife: one in the kitchen making dinner for important guests. Frustrated and defiant Edith leaves him but returns when his begging letters become too much. Trapped by marriage and her husband's ambition Edith struggles to find her footing and the means to her own survival.</span></p>