University of Otago Press, Dunedin, 1990. Good used condition.

This book explores the way Mansfield's female characters deal with the stresses in their lives: how often they want to live differently, but cannot - or do not. Why do the women not rebel?

Heather Murray has produced a fascinating study, showing that Mansfield's writing in her letters and Journal offers valuable insights into the fiction. She draws upon the extensive Mansfield scholarship in existence but asks new questions and approaches the well-known works in a fresh and original way.