Woman On The Edge Of Time: Marge Piercy

Connie Ramos is 37, Mexican-American; a loving mother now labelled child abuser; a heroically sane woman, now declared insane. Drugged, a helpless inmate of a mental hospital, she is offered one way back to 'normality' - participation in a mind control experiment using electronic implants in the brain. But Connie is also a 'catcher' - a natural telepath. She is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a utopian future of sexual and racial equality and environmental harmony. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a dystopian society of grotesque exploitation. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow...