Did You Have the Life You Wanted? — Novel
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Did You Have the Life You Wanted? (Sibylline Press, summer 2025). Spanning the generations from 1968 to 2018, this novel highlights the late 1960s to 1970s when diverse female friends confront the thwarted dreams and gender stereotypes of the nascent feminist movement. Writer and resident of New York’s Greenwich Village, Anita Rappaport grapples with lost opportunities and generational restrictions. As an older woman, she asks herself and her contemporaries the title question: “Did you have the life you wanted?” with often surprising responses.