This is the most recent novel in Trollope's whole series of sympathetic but clinical analyses of marriage. She now addresses the stresses and strains within a family when the three sons marry. Their mother Rachel loves being the central pivot but her control begins to slip away as her daughters-in-law bring with them different, sometimes alien elements - subtle rifts occur and adjustments are necessary - a situation familiar to almost every family. Interesting and thought-provoking.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 62 Autumn 2011 ) |
