Then, she experiences detox at a rehab center. Though some of those dealings turned out okay, they were all unfortunate. She remembers having to deal with police. For example, it is difficult having to face her children after sneaking out of the house for a drink one night. Slowly, the reader begins to understand the narrator’s own struggles with addiction. Her time working in a hospital gives her insight into the troubles of alcoholics and people who are suicidal. While working as a cleaning woman, she begins stealing sleeping pills with the intent of committing suicide. The author examines sexuality in light of power and poverty and sex after suffering a loss.Īs a grown woman, the narrator works as a nurse and a cleaning woman. Stories address girls first learning how to flirt to having sex for the first time after sobriety. Other stories explore how a woman’s sexuality evolves. She wants to fit in at the school, but her religion and family prevent her from doing this. Other stories about the girl find her attending a Catholic school as the only Protestant student. The collection then takes the reader into the past as a young girl helps her grandfather pull out his teeth to prepare for a set of false teeth. A middle-aged woman reflects on her addiction and loneliness in the opening story. The stories cover a range of issues facing the characters. 2016 Edition.Ī Manual for Cleaning Woman is a collection of short fiction by Lucia Berlin. This study guide refers to A Manual for Cleaning Women, by Lucia Berlin: Picador Paperback.
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