Women in the 1930s had very little say in what they could do with their lives. They were expected to get married, have children, take care of their parents. They were givers. The only power they could yield was through gossip, policing each other in case one of them dared step outside the boundaries set by the patriarchy. Violet is a 38 year old woman, single and without any real prospect for happiness as defined by those boundaries. She relocates away from her suffocating, tyrant […]

Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Falling Angels” tells the story of two families, the Colemans and the Waterhouses in the transition from the Victorian to the modern Edwardian era. The Colemans are not your typical family. Kitty Coleman is educated well read and not content to just be a wife and mother. In fact, she didn’t want to be mother in the first place. Kitty and Richard’s marriage is strained, at best. The Waterhouses are much more standard middle […]