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Good Wives?: Mary, Fanny, Jennie and Me, 1845-2001 by Margaret Forster |
With a title conjuring up echoes of the sequel to Little Women, Forster - using biographies of the wives of Livingstone, Stevenson and Bevan and her own 40 year's experience of matrimony - raises crucial issues. Posing such questions as: what constitutes a good wife? how have perceptions altered over time? how far should women go in making compromises? does marriage still have a value? her conclusions on the changing nature of a wife's role are both interesting and provocative.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 71 Winter 2014 ) |
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