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Bezig met laden... Amenable Women (2008)door Mavis Cheek
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Middle aged Flora who has lost her dashing but insufferable husband becomes interested in the history of Anna of Cleeves and fascinated by the Hans Holbein protrait of Anna that hangs in the Louvre. In researching Anna's story and liberating her from the "Flanders mare" label, Flora explores her own emergence as an intelligent and strong woman with some hilarious interactions with her neighbours and family. A charming and witty story and i loved it.
I wonder if Amenable Women isn't the work of a writer, undoubtedly talented, who is in a rut: Cheek has written 13 novels now, yet still you have the feeling that she has not yet found her place in the (writerly) world. Is the Tudor connection a bid to make this book what publishers call a 'break-out' novel (by which they mean a wild bestseller)? Had Cheek restricted herself to writing about the 1500s, and brought her beady eye and gift for domestic comedy wholeheartedly to bear on Henry's profligate, gossipy court, that could have been so.
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Another fun, easy read.
Flora's husband is generally known as an eccentric. When he manages to get himself killed in a bizarre accident, Flora is assumed to be bereft. In fact, once she has accepted the situation, she comes into her own. She takes on the task of finishing the book her husband had been writing, on local history, and gets drawn into the the life of Anna of Cleves, researching and discovering that she wasn't quite as history has painted her.
Nice little book, nice updating of Anna's story (although Philippa Gregory has also done a good job of rehabilitating her), generally a nice read - although I must confess to being a little disappointed with one part of the ending. ( )