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  • Published: 15 January 2008
  • ISBN: 9781588366818
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

Kyra

A Novel





An unforgettable novel about love–and the first work of fiction by the author of the groundbreaking nonfiction bestseller In a Different Voice

Kyra is an architect, involved in a project to design a new city. Andreas, a theater director, is staging an innovative production of the opera Tosca. Both have come through political upheaval and personal loss. Neither wants to fall in love. Yet when she asks him, “What is the opposite of losing?” and he says, “Finding,” it galvanizes a powerful attraction, and they risk opening themselves to love once again.

When their love affair leads to a shocking betrayal, Kyra’s fierce determination to see under the surface, to know what was true and real, brings her to Greta, a remarkable therapist. As the therapy itself repeats the themes of love and loss, Kyra challenges its structure, and the struggle that ensues between the two women opens the way to a larger understanding.

Passionate and revolutionary, Kyra is an exquisitely written love story, imbued with gentle humor. This is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the most brilliant writers of our time.

“A triumph. Carol Gilligan has always dazzled and moved us with her brilliant mind, visionary wisdom, and compassionate heart. Now she gives us, as well, an irresistible novel about the power of history to hurt us, but the power of love to heal these wounds and redeem us. She is amazing.”
–Catharine R. Stimpson

  • Published: 15 January 2008
  • ISBN: 9781588366818
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 256

About the author

Carol Gilligan

Carol Gilligan is the Graham Professor of Gender Studies at Harvard University and is a practicing psychotherapist. She has also taught in Britain at the University of Cambridge. Her book, In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development is a feminist classic, translated into 16 languages and Meeting at the Crossroads written with Lyn Mikel Brown, reported young girls voices and concerns as never before.

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