Ok. Change of direction pour la blog. I'm going to use it to keep a track of books I have read. How fascinating.
What I'm currently reading:
The Women's Room
Nice quote: "shit and string beans"
Most of the Amazon reviews say things like "I read this 20 years ago and it changed my life." Although it's unlikely to do that for me I feel, it doesn't take the daughter of a Feminist to sense the radical and groundbreaking effect this must have had on women when it was published. True, it now feels a bit of a historical curio, but I find myself slightly unnerved by it all the same. It's a big, brave attempt to articulate the reality of women's lives in fifties and sixties America. Mira gets married, has kids, does her housewifely duty, gets divorced and goes back to university. In the liberated noughties there wouldn't really be a story in this...or would there? I can't help feeling that plus ca change etc. for some women, sadly.
What I'm currently reading:
The Women's Room
Nice quote: "shit and string beans"
Most of the Amazon reviews say things like "I read this 20 years ago and it changed my life." Although it's unlikely to do that for me I feel, it doesn't take the daughter of a Feminist to sense the radical and groundbreaking effect this must have had on women when it was published. True, it now feels a bit of a historical curio, but I find myself slightly unnerved by it all the same. It's a big, brave attempt to articulate the reality of women's lives in fifties and sixties America. Mira gets married, has kids, does her housewifely duty, gets divorced and goes back to university. In the liberated noughties there wouldn't really be a story in this...or would there? I can't help feeling that plus ca change etc. for some women, sadly.
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