The Woman in the Window
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Arrived some time in the last few days from ThriftBooks.
The woman in the window is the protagonist in the story, narrating in first-person. She is Anna Fox, therapist, who has developed agoraphobia after a traumatic incident. She works with others with the same condition - online, in a forum. She sympathizes with them, gives them suggestions, bolsters their confidence.
Now that she stays at home all the time she looks out the window often. And one time she sees a woman in a house across the park, and she sees what looks like murder, but can't see the person hurting her. She tries to alert the police but is unable to get through, so she tries to go outside to get to the house.
The effort does not end well that day, as she lands in the hospital, confused. And she isn't the only one. She attempted this rescue by using an umbrella. Her own therapist had suggested using an umbrella to expose herself to the outside little by little. Others do not know why she had the umbrella and it only adds to the questions about her.
As the days pass, Anna sees no more of the woman, but sees another woman instead. And she meets the son. She hopes to learn more and to help, if possible, but can't find the answers. Nevertheless, she tries to befriend this teenage boy who seems to need another adult in his life.
In time she does discover the truth - but in time? I won't divulge.
I did not buy the treatment she was using on others or what she was doing herself. I am familiar with how such cases are treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and this isn't it. I can see how a friend might believe it to be helpful to learn "coping techniques" or use of encouragement, but these interventions only delay real healing. I couldn't see how her so-called help would really have helped anyone, and that umbrella technique is ridiculous. I wish some writers would learn more about what they are writing about.
Now that she stays at home all the time she looks out the window often. And one time she sees a woman in a house across the park, and she sees what looks like murder, but can't see the person hurting her. She tries to alert the police but is unable to get through, so she tries to go outside to get to the house.
The effort does not end well that day, as she lands in the hospital, confused. And she isn't the only one. She attempted this rescue by using an umbrella. Her own therapist had suggested using an umbrella to expose herself to the outside little by little. Others do not know why she had the umbrella and it only adds to the questions about her.
As the days pass, Anna sees no more of the woman, but sees another woman instead. And she meets the son. She hopes to learn more and to help, if possible, but can't find the answers. Nevertheless, she tries to befriend this teenage boy who seems to need another adult in his life.
In time she does discover the truth - but in time? I won't divulge.
I did not buy the treatment she was using on others or what she was doing herself. I am familiar with how such cases are treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and this isn't it. I can see how a friend might believe it to be helpful to learn "coping techniques" or use of encouragement, but these interventions only delay real healing. I couldn't see how her so-called help would really have helped anyone, and that umbrella technique is ridiculous. I wish some writers would learn more about what they are writing about.
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