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Chargement... Debutantepar Anne Melville
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Debutante follows the lives of four young women growing up during the 1930s. Their lives are forever changed after the 1939 season of parties and balls when the outbreak of war changes the English social landscape in a dramatic and dangerous fashion. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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The season ends with the beginning of World War 2, and the book changes, by degrees, into a story of how these four girls survive the war. The debs take up high-class, voluntary work at first, but as the war gets closer to home, these lighter jobs disappear. The girls' hobbies as debs -- speaking foreign languages, driving a motorcar, etc. -- turn into essential skills in the war efforts. Money and privilege can't protect them from the horrors of war, and although the book started as a social drama, it doesn't hold back.
I particularly liked how the four girls grew over the course of the novel. Their goals and priorities changed quite a lot over the years, but their underlying personalities didn't. ( )