Post 6: Authors life Affecting Her Story

The story "A Sorrowful Woman" is written by author Gail Godwin, and this like most of her stories reflects her life growing up. Ms. Godwin was raised in Birmingham, Alabama by a divorced mother who was also an author and an English professor. Her mother was the model for most of her strong female protagonists.

Ms. Godwin was described in an article I found in Britannica online as an " American author of fiction about personal freedom in man-woman relationships and the choices women make." This is definitely evident in this story of a wife who feels trapped as a wife and mother, even though she took the role as she is expected to do in society.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gail-Godwin