I  was walking into Trader Joe’s yesterday and was surprised to see on their board that it was International Women’s Day. A Google search revealed it is a celebration honoring the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, while also advocating for gender equality.

I immediately thought of a book I read recently that reminded me of how far women have come. The Mad Wife, by Meagan Church, is about a housewife in 1950s suburban America whose descent into what was then called “hysteria” reveals the darker side of women’s identity in that era. In the author’s note, Church shares that she was influenced by Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar, as well as Plath’s own tragic suicide, and even has a side character based loosely on Plath.

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