I just loved Jeanne Ray's novel Calling Invisible Women (#250). I guess you have to be a woman of a "certain age" to truly appreciate this fantasy, but I'm sure all of us have had experiences which have made us feel like we're invisible, or to sincerely wish we could be!
Clover Hobart is shocked one evening as she is preparing for bed to find that she can't see herself in the mirror. She soon regains visibility, but the next morning, she's gone again. The worst of it is that neither her husband, a busy pediatrician, nor her returned-to-the-nest unemployed son never even notice. How is this possible? Her friend Gilda confirms her worst fears: Gilda can't see her, either, but it's not because she simply doesn't notice. The longer this goes on, the more agitated Clover gets until the day she spots a small personal ad in the local paper: Calling Invisible Women. Maybe she's not alone...
She's definitely not alone, and together the invisible women have figured out who and what is causing their invisibility. But what can they do to get the giant corporation responsible to correct their situation unless they can get their families, friends and former employers to acknowledge it first?
A delightful read with a far better ending for Clover than for Claude Rains in The Invisible Man!
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