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Bezig met laden... An American Daughterdoor Wendy Wasserstein
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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. A woman is nominated for Attorney General. She is well qualified, but a minor misstep in her past - carelessly discarding a jury notice - threatens to derail the nomination. The press has a heyday, spiked by a "best friend" of the family who seems to exist only to tear other people down. The real disturbance in the country, however, comes from women who feel that she has not been suitably respectful of working mothers, and that she is an elitist who puts herself above making icebox cakes. It had a feeling that is all too real - women lining up to take pot shots at women who are more successful, seeking to build themselves up by tearing down any woman who dares to fly too high. Wasserstein has caught the mood of the country in the 90s, a mood that continues today, so well that is becomes difficult at times to continue reading. Not so much a work about the decline of feminism as it is a work about how everyone continues to bash feminists over the head with their success. I would say it will be limited by being topical, but I fear this topic will be topical for a very long time. After all, this play is nearly 20 years old now, and nothing has changed, unless it is to get worse. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Lyssa Dent Hughes is the privileged, well-educated daughter of a Republican senator. She is the wife of a professor and the owner of a lovely house in Georgetown. She is also the president's nominee for Surgeon General. When the media discovers that once, long ago, she failed to respond for jury duty, this relatively minor misstep is portrayed as a serious moral lapse. A good friend uses the incident to make a point, scarcely thinking of the implications, and Lyssa must suffer the consequences. From that moment on, Lyssa Dent Hughes sits helplessly as the press investigates her family and friends, shattering her privacy, her career, and her world. Wendy Wasserstein's trenchant humor and sizzling dialogue combine with biting political commentary to produce a masterful, and topical, drama. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)812.54Literature English (North America) American drama 20th CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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