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Chargement... Modern Girlspar Jennifer S. Brown
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This was a really good half a book. What happened to the rest of such a fabulous book. Very annoying. ( ) I had some doubts at various points while reading this book, but I loved the story by the end. This novel packs a lot into four weeks in the life of a Jewish mother and daughter in 1930s New York City. Both are dealing with unexpected pregnancy and secrets they struggle to shared with each other, themes which drive the action in this novel. I really appreciated the details about life within a Jewish family in this era - the concern for relatives still in Europe, the divides among different members of the Jewish community, the need for extra sets of dishes for Kosher cooking. Overall, a very enjoyable novel that concludes on a hopeful note. I had the pleasure of reading this book through Penguin's first to read program. I think what amazes me most about this book is that it is a debut novel. Modern Girls is a well-written book set in 1935 New York. It follows the story of Dottie Krasinsky and her mother, Rose. Both of them find themselves with an unexpected pregnancy. Rose is a 42 year old, Jewish immigrant who wanted to spend her life becoming more involved in social activism now that her children are older. While Dottie is a young bookkeeper who longs to marry her long-time beau and start a life with him. After Dottie a careless night with another man, she quickly finds herself running out of options. This book hooked me from the very first page. I enjoyed reading from both Dottie and Rose's perspectives. I especially enjoyed seeing Rose's story about her life in Russia, her immigration, and how she settled into America. I loved that Dottie was a bookkeeper who wanted to go to school for accounting, since that is my field. It made it easy to identify with her. This was a wonderful story about the choices that woman have to make when they find themselves with an unexpected pregnancy, as well as the sacrifices made by parents for their children. I really hope that there will be a sequel to this book. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"A dazzling debut novel set in New York City's Jewish immigrant community in 1935... How was it that out of all the girls in the office, I was the one to find myself in this situation? This didn't happen to nice Jewish girls. In 1935, Dottie Krasinsky is the epitome of the modern girl. A bookkeeper in Midtown Manhattan, Dottie steals kisses from her steady beau, meets her girlfriends for drinks, and eyes the latest fashions. Yet at heart, she is a dutiful daughter, living with her Yiddish-speaking parents on the Lower East Side. So when, after a single careless night, she finds herself in a family way by a charismatic but unsuitable man, she is desperate: unwed, unsure, and running out of options. After the birth of five children--and twenty years as a housewife--Dottie's immigrant mother, Rose, is itching to return to the social activism she embraced as a young woman. With strikes and breadlines at home and National Socialism rising in Europe, there is much more important work to do than cooking and cleaning. So when she realizes that she, too, is pregnant, she struggles to reconcile her longings with her faith. As mother and daughter wrestle with unthinkable choices, they are forced to confront their beliefs, the changing world, and the fact that their lives will never again be the same..."-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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