Dorothy is the main character in The Life Of The Mind by Christine Smallwood. Dorothy is in her 30's. She is an adjunct professor in New York City barely getting by financially. She lives with Rog, her boyfriend, who seems like a great guy. Dorothy has a miscarriage and the book starts on day 6 after the miscarriage and goes on for 6 weeks further. Dorothy describes what happens to her body as a result of the miscarriage at length. Other than Rog and her physician, Dorothy hasn't told anyone about the miscarriage. She hasn't told her good friend, Gaby. She hasn't told her therapist. She hasn't even told her back up therapist who she is seeing temporarily to find out if she should continue with her main therapist. Dorothy lives in her head quite a bit. Like other academic types she has her head in the clouds. I think Dorothy is depressed and nature deprived. A week camping in the woods would do Dorothy a world of good. This was an interesting but somewhat depressing book.
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