Helen Hooven Santmyer
Paperback | Pages: 1184 pages Rating: 4.14 | 12135 Users | 548 Reviews
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| Original Title: | "...And Ladies of the Club" |
| ISBN: | 0425174409 (ISBN13: 9780425174401) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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A #1 New York Times bestseller--and an American classic--now in trade paperback... A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, "...And Ladies of the Club" centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come.Details About Books ...And Ladies of the Club
| Title | : | ...And Ladies of the Club |
| Author | : | Helen Hooven Santmyer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1184 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2000 by Berkley Trade (first published 1982) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 12135 Users | 548 ReviewsCritique About Books ...And Ladies of the Club
I finished reading the book this afternoon. What a totally satisfying read, both for the story and for the writing. I love English well spoken and these characters are set in a time when it was. By the time I got to page 1000 I was beginning to wish I wasn't so close to the end. Ironic when you think there were over 400 pages left and lots of the books I read don't have that many to begin with. But by then I was deeply involved in the story and cared about the main character, Anne. The storyThis epic spans the years immediately after the end of the Civil War to just before the meltdown of the Depression. Three generations of women and their families make up the cast. I am relieved to have not lived in this little town. There are many characters, but only one decent human being in the bunch, Anne Cochran Gordon. The others are self-serving, bitter, racist, anything (but WASP) haters. At least one woman intentionally spread hateful gossip that led to a decent marriage falling apart.
Follows two ladies--and one in particular--who start a book club and lending library in their fictional Ohio town not long after the end of the Civil War. Follows them, their families, friends, loves, and losses--and their politics--into the next century. Being real historical fiction, its characters don't see the world just like we do. Their heads are filled up with worries and concerns like ours are, but their assumptions about life, love, and the way things are, are just a little different.
Reminds one of Jane Austen in its comedy of manners style. Perfect picture of post-Civil War generations in the life of a small Ohio town and the changes of lifestyle and class divisions that ensue. I was sucked slowly into the lives of the two main families and the "ladies of the club". Worthwhile read.
I can't pin it down precisely, but I have always loved this book. Its mostly the longevity of it. Not just a book that ends with a wedding or a major climactic event. It follows women through their lives, from childhood friends through their developing relationships with each other and their time as wives, mothers, grandmothers, widows. And the characters really seem to evolve and develop and grow more definitive and rich as the time passes. So many books seem to focus on one main crisis with
Okay - this is a gem!!! Read it for the first time at 18 yrs. of age, re-read every couple of years since.Each time I like it for different reasons as the novel takes you through a few generations of families in the 1800's.The women are really really well developed - not just the main character - ALL of them.Enjoy!
Follows two ladies--and one in particular--who start a book club and lending library in their fictional Ohio town not long after the end of the Civil War. Follows them, their families, friends, loves, and losses--and their politics--into the next century. Being real historical fiction, its characters don't see the world just like we do. Their heads are filled up with worries and concerns like ours are, but their assumptions about life, love, and the way things are, are just a little different.
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