Journal of A Superfluous Woman: A Collection of Essays - Softcover

King, Inga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595295533 ISBN 13: 9780595295531

Publisher: iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

Journal of a Superfluous Woman: A Collection of Essays documents a woman's struggle to understand life and her place in it. Her experience with breast cancer forms the catalyst for an examination of conscience-a looking back in order that she might move forward. These essays attempt to put into perspective childhood memories, race, religion, relationships, career choices, training versus education, illness, death, and a perception that the world still undervalues the role of the unwed and childless.It is said that she who writes about herself and her time writes about all people for all time. Here, I. R. King offers herself as a metaphor through which some of life's foibles and paradoxes can be examined in the quest for improvement. Journal of A Superfluous Woman: A Collection of Essays is a journey of reflection and introspection. It is a quest for the unknown and the unknowable, an attempt to reconcile the irreconcilable, and a search for meaning, purpose, and wholeness. The recognition that duality is imbedded in the depths of reality forms the basis for creating peace, within and without, and for moving toward balance, equipoise, and love.

About this title

About the Author

I. R. King was born in Curacao, grew up in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and lived in several Caribbean islands, China, and the United States. She is a certified accountant and financial manager, and also holds a bachelor of science in mathematics and chemistry. Her experience with breast cancer was the impetus for this, her first book.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595295533
• ISBN 13: 9780595295531
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 134