Marge Piercy is a raw, tough, willfull, magnificent novelist.THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITORSet against the early days of the modern feminist movement, SMALL CHANGES tells the story of sensual Miriam Berg, who trades her doctorate for marriage and security, but still hungers for a life of her ow,n and shy, frightened Beth who is running from the life Miriam seeks and into a new world of different ideas and a different kind of love.....