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Good Wives?: Mary, Fanny, Jennie and Me, 1845-2001 by Margaret Forster |
Forster explores four aspects of being a 'good wife', whether the total devotion of Mary, wife of David Livingstone, or the striving for independence by unconventional Fanny, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson. Jennie Lee, Aneurin Bevan's wife, initially adamant that she would never be a 'wife', bowed to convention for the sake of her career. Forster, also determined not to adopt a 'wifely' role, nevertheless succumbed to marriage and children. A good read, I enjoyed it.
(Diane Reeve - bwl 51 May 2009 ) |
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