title: The Longings of Women
author: Piercy, Marge
description: Her marriage over, her life unraveling, writer Leila Landsman turns to work and finds herself drawn to the sensational story of Becky Burgess, a young woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her teenage lover. Becky thought she'd escaped the grim poverty of her childhood when she married up, but her husband was soon planning to trade her in for a newer model. And that's just what happened to Mary Burke, whose
  middle-class life ended with her divorce. Now Leila's housecleaner Mary has a secret: she is homeless.
  
  They are three very different women who share the same longings: to be seen for who they are, to be valued and loved, but most of all, to have a physical andemotional home that can't be taken away....