Diary of an Ordinary Woman - 1914-1995. A novel
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| Verlag | Vintage, London |
| Auflage | 2004 |
| Seiten | 416 |
| Format | 19,8 cm |
| Gewicht | 292 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0099449285 |
| EAN | 9780099449287 |
| Bestell-Nr | 09944928EA |
Anhand des fiktiven Tagebuchs der Millicent King (geb. 1901) erzählt Margaret Forster hier die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts aus Sicht einer ganz gewöhnlichen Frau.
Kurzbeschreibung:
'I rushed through this novel and enjoyed it enormously - what she experienced in her very "ordinariness" was shared by thousands of real women of her generation' Val Hennessey, Daily Mail
Klappentext:
Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles. From bohemian London to Rome in the 1920s her story moves on to social work and the build-up to another war, in which she drives ambulances through the bombed streets of London.
Here is twentieth-century woman in close-up coping with the tragedies and upheavals of women's lives from WWI to Greenham Common and beyond. A triumph of resolution and evocation, this is a beautifully observed story of an ordinary woman's life - a narrative where every word rings true.
Rezension:
"A highly enjoyable read: well-informed, gripping...an overview of the period seen from the underside" Sunday Telegraph
