The Awakening Options

[xenosaga]

has anyone read that book? I'm planning to read it, but i don't know if it'll be good.

can anyone tell me what the story is mainly about?

[*Kathleen*]

This is way-late, but I figure I'll respond for future people reading the book. Basically it's about a woman living in New Orleans circa 1860's-turn of the century. I can't remember. Anywho, she moves there with her husband who is of creole society, unlike her. They have a couple kids and then she falls in love with this guy named Robert I believe. So then when she kind of has this affair with Robert (they never have sex, although she confesses her love to him and vice versa, but he leaves for Mexico because he knows they could never be together since she was married). After Robert leaves, she has an actual affair with this guy Alcee (I think his name was) while her best friend, Adele, has a kid. The thing is Adele is the perfect creole woman, and it tears Edna (main character) apart because she doesn't feel comfortable being that and she can't do it. Ultimately she kills herself in the end via drowning. I guess you can compare it to the conflict in "Desperate Housewives," as many people do. I personally didn't like the book because of Chopin's style.