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Bezig met laden... Empty Wardrobesdoor Maria Judite de Carvalho
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For ten years Dora has ritualistically mourned her husband's death. Her beloved husband, a "Christ" so principled he rejected any ambition whatsoever as a construct of a corrupt society, succeeded only in leaving Dora and their daughter with nothing. When her mother-in-law reveals a shattering secret about their marriage one night, Dora's narrative of her own life is destroyed. Three generations of women--Dora, her daughter, and mother-in-law--must navigate a world that has been shaped by the blundering men off in the distance, figures barely present who nonetheless define the lives of the women they would call mother, wife, or lover. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)869.3Literature Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese fictionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.92)
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Dora was widowed at 26, with a young daughter Lisa, and has spent 10 years in her "career" as widow. She managed to find a job with a friend's help, and her MIL Ana has helped her raise her daughter as needed. Now, her MIL has revealed a surprising secret, and her daughter is 17 and deciding on university vs stewardess (because in the 60s stewardess was a glamorous job!). Dora decides it is time for a change.
This novel is a out grief, youth, and the loss of youth. I really wished the intro had discussed 1960s Portugal and placed it into the context of when/where it was written.
Were young widows expected to remarry immediately? How would society have looked at Manuela? What about Ana and her ill husband? And Lisa? Were all of these women rule-breakers, going against the Catholic grain? Except maybe Lisa? (