THE NARRATIVE ARC

With the Vulnerability of Women’s Rights, I am Drawn to the Past

Sometimes the cruelty of the present thrusts us back to when the trouble started

Martha Manning, Ph.D.
The Narrative Arc
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6 min readFeb 27, 2024

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A woman walks along a path of deep grass.
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The vulnerability of ignorance

I was a good 17-year-old Catholic girl, struggling against the hots for my boyfriend, with…

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Martha Manning, Ph.D.
The Narrative Arc

Dr. Martha Manning is a writer and clinical psychologist, author of Undercurrents and Chasing Grace. Depression sufferer. Mother. Growing older under protest.