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Chargement... The Reinvention of Ivy Brown: A Novelpar Roberta Taylor
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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 an easy read but as stated on the cover, it does indeed read more like a soap opera than a novel. Probably due to the fact that the author is a well-known soap star and is writing true to form. The storyline was intriguing but I feel it was lacking in depth and needed more detail to bring the characters to life. Sadly, this was a flat read and not one that I will be recommending to anyone. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
It is the 15th of February 1963, and Ivy Brown, typist at the Wiseman Pulverising Factory, is about to turn thirty. As Ivy sits, staring at the back of the typist in front of her, she tries desperately to avoid thinking about her impending birthday, her freckled hands and her diminishing horizons. Two things lift Ivy Brown from her gloom: her brand new Beaver Lamb coat and the thought of Arthur. Arthur is the man on whom Ivy has pinned all her hopes. 'We are our own secret' Arthur says, and Ivy loves to repeat it, even as she recollects the parts of her life she has kept from him. But when Ivy spots Arthur at the bus stop, his arm around a young girl, she realises that she is not the only person keeping secrets. Her determination to uncover the truth spells disaster for all those in her way. The reinvention of Ivy Brown comes at a heavy price. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Ivy, Janet, and Eileen are three women whose love for the same man brings them together during the freezing winter of 1963. Eileen thinks Brian belongs to her, but Ivy and Janet are rivals for his affection, and the fight to claim and keep his love will uncover secrets that threaten to undo them all. The 'twist in the tale', though telegraphed early, is very cleverly written, and might even require a second reading to properly untangle the web that binds the characters together. Janet, the typical rebellious teenager of the 1960s, and Eileen are sympathetically drawn, whereas the eponymous 'reinvented' heroine is abrasive and unlikeable, but all of the characters are flawed and believable.
I also loved Roberta Taylor's style. Her descriptions of the weather - 'Any sense of spring, summer or autumn had been buried forever under the icy pavements, as if the different seasons no longer belonged here. This has become the state of the nation' - and the fashions of the time - 'Black rolled-neck sweater, tight black pants, flat black pumps. Her lovely innocent hair, butchered into this docked cap of revolution' - are sharp and almost darkly nostalgic. The fruity dialogue amused me, too.
Readers expecting a Catherine Cookson type story, full of homely values and happy ever afters, might be disappointed with Ivy Brown. Though brief, Roberta Taylor's novel is a thought-provoking, multi-layered combination of realism and gothic drama, bringing to life the changing values of the early 1960s. ( )