Carol Gilligan is a psychologist and writer who lives in New York City and in the Berkshires. Her ground-breaking book, In a Different Voice- Psychological Theory' and Women's Development, has been translated into eighteen languages. With her students, she co-authored and co-edited four books on women's psychology and girls' development- Meeting at the Crossroads, Between Voice and Silence, Making Connections, and Women, Girls, and Psychotherapy- Reframing Resistance. At Harvard, where she was the first Graham Professor of Gender Studies, her award-winning research led to the founding of the university's Center on Gender and Education. She is now University Professor at New York University.
A sensuous first novel exploring the permeable boundaries of women's inner and outer worlds. -- O: The Oprah Magazine<br><br> <br> A rare thing: an engrossing, deeply emotional, thinking person's love story. -- San Francisco Chronicle<br> <br> Both a thought-provoking polemic and a love story. -- New York Times Book Review <br><br> An enthralling novel, tender, scary, and compelling. It crackles with a fierce intelligence and keeps the reader mesmerized throughout. --Maggie Scarf<br><br> Ambitious . . . full of lyrical passages. -- Los Angeles Times<br> <br> The pleasures of this novel are many indeed. . . . Readers will find themselves haunted by [Kyra's] clear call to push against the boundaries of their lives. Love is a risk that is always worth taking, Gilligan reminds us. -- New Orleans Times-Picayune