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Bezig met laden... The Engineer's Wife (2021)door Tracey Enerson Wood
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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. I really enjoyed this entertaining and informative book about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. I have crossed it many times by car but now hope to cross it by foot and take a closer look. "The Engineer's Wife", Emily, has gone unnoticed by most of the world. I plan to watch the documentary about the Bridge by Ken Burns, being curious to learn more about it. ( ) The description initially drew me to this book; what kept me here was how Tracey wrote the book. This book is so full of description that I could almost see the Brooklyn Bridge being built right in front of my eyes. The story starts as Emily Warren meets civil engineer Washington “Wash” Roebling in 1864. They are married in 1865 and soon take off for Europe so Wash can study bridge foundation there. Once they are back in the USA, the bridge construction starts. But soon Wash is affected by Decompression sickness and tasks Emily to be his eyes and ears at the construction site. Putting her plans to help with the suffrage movement on hold, she takes lead of the construction, causing her to be looked upon society unfavorable. This book was hard to put down and showed the determination of one woman, even when the world is against her. This was a wonderful, quick read and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a fascinating history of a bridge that naysayers said would never be built in the 1870s. Emily Roebling is the wife of Washington Roebling, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge. After her husband becomes an invalid due to an injury suffered while working on the bridge and PTSD from the war, Emily becomes his eyes and ears on the project. After a time Washington, Wash as she refers to him, ends up working on the bridge project only from afar and most major decisions are left to Emily, who has no education in engineering or bridge building. While working on the Brooklyn Bridge, Emily must also deal with being a wife, a mother, unexpected attention from a most unusual man, as well as the belief that women should be seen and not heard. I knew nothing about Emily Roebling prior to picking up this book. I had never given much thought to who built the Brooklyn Bridge as it was something that was always there in my eyes. Emily was a pioneer in the advancements of women's rights and was a known suffragist. This was my first book by Ms. Wood but it will not be my last. She did not shy away from expressing Emily's dissatisfaction not only with her unusual marriage but also how she felt at being in charge of a project with no training and for which she would receive no credit. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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She built a monument for all time. Then she was lost in its shadow. Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionallyâ??she knows who she is and what she wants, and she's determined to make change. But then her husband, Wash, asks the unthinkable: give up her dreams to make his possible. Emily's fight for women's suffrage is put on hold and her life transformed when Wash, the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is injured on the job. Untrained for the task, but under his guidance, she assumes his role, despite stern resistance and overwhelming obstacles. Lines blur as Wash's vision becomes her own, and when he is unable to return to the job, Emily is consumed by it. But as the project takes shape under Emily's direction, she wonders whose legacy she is buildingâ??hers, or her husband's. As the monument rises, Emily's marriage, principles, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge finally stands finished, will she recognize the woman who built it? Based on the true story of the Brooklyn Bridge, The Engineer's Wife delivers an emotional portrait of a woman transformed by a project of unfathomable scale, which takes her into the bowels of the East River, suffragette riots, the halls of Manhattan's elite, and the heady, freewheeling temptations of P. T. Barnum. It's the story of a husband and wife determined to build something that lastsâ??even at the risk of losing ea Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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