Plano Profile August 2010 : Page 92
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Carole C. Deily
A is famous for her wonderful poetry, but her personal life has remained an enigma. She lived at home with her parents, sister Lavinia, and her brother Austin before his marriage. After the death of her father, a prominent attorney and president of Amherst College, she became a recluse in that house. She struggled with failing sight and declining health, and she died at age 56 in 1886.
Remaining faithful to the facts and dates of her life, Charyn has created a vibrant and imaginative personality for the outspoken redhead and a series of amorous crushes and reckless adventures we could only wish the real Emily Dickinson had enjoyed.
He begins his narrative during Emily’s brief stay as a student at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary where the rebellious Emily flouts the rules continuously and begins her pattern of falling in love with the wrong man, this time a handyman at the school who has a compelling tattoo. The impetuous Emily seems a prisoner to her passions and inner turmoils.
The members of her family are clearly portrayed, as are the many suitors she ridicules and rejects.
Unbeknownst to her family, she walks the worst and most dangerous neighborhoods of Amherst and visits rowdy taverns accompanied by her faithful dog, Carlo, who protects her.
In this account, it is easy to see why Emily did not marry. Her father controlled her life completely. Her mother was ill and she was needed at home.
The breads and cakes she made were too delicious to give up. Apparently, Emily preferred to stay home, also, since no suitor won her affection.
There is little discussion of Emily’s writing, but the character created by Charyn could very well have written the poems the actual Emily Dickinson did write. — CAROLE C. DEILY
