Woman on the Edge of Time — Marge Piercy

Once a college girl, now a pickpocket. Once a loving mother, now a "child abuser." Once beautiful, now worn and discarded. Connie Ramos. A heroically sane woman, now labeled insane.

Held against her will in a mental hospital, Connie is just another faceless patient-- until she is chosen as a subject for a terrifying neuro-electric experiment.

Now Connie is a woman at war, trying to fight her way out of her hospital prison and into a future that holds more promise than anything she could ever imagine. A future that is in as much danger as Connie herself....