Gathering Strength:

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Peggy Kelsey. Gathering Strength:

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To Bill

For my daughters, Petra and Danielle

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Otherwise no one knows I’m a writer. I’m sure that if people knew they wouldn’t like it. They think that whenever a woman writes, there is a fault, especially with the reality. I’ve experienced this. Whenever a woman writes, people think she should be at odds with society and therefore lose something. As in the case of Forugh Farrokhzad, her outspoken writing caused her to lose the respect of her

family and friends. She lost one thing and gained something else. This is how people see all women writers.

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