Small Changes: A Novel

In the choices two different women make we discover the lives of all women . . . . “[Marge] Piercy has proved herself a sensitive champion of womens issues.”—The Charlotte Observer. Small Changes is the explosive novel of women struggling to make their places in a mans world. Set against the early days of the feminist movement it tells of two women and the choices they must face.. Intelligent sensual Miriam Berg trades her doctorate for a marriage and security only to find herself hungry for a life of her own—but terrified of losing her husband.. Shy frightened Beth ran away from the very life Miriam seeks ran away to a new world of different ideas and a different kind of love—the love of another woman. . . .