Title: A very good read
Review: This book is about the 40's and 50's; it is written in the prose, style, and sentiment of those years; it has the manners and the voice of those decades. The writing is formal, the themes are idealistic, the plot is secondary to the characters. If you enjoy good writing about a special, simpler time, you'll enjoy this book. If you're strung out on 90's deconstructivism and can't or don't want to understand the codes and morays by which some people used to live, then you might think the book is trite or the author is somehow a betrayal to her gender (?). I for one found the female characters very strong and interesting, but then I think that mothers can be strong, passionate figures without being lawyers as well.
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