Down Among the Women

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Jag hade förväntat mig mer humor, men istället är det en ganska sorglig historia om kvinnoöden som berättas.

But things do not slot neatly into pigeon holes, and as the women negotiate around the events in their lives, they discover their real selves.Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Fay Weldon CBE was an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. Scarlet, starts as a sort of protagonist but the story, and the characters, soon become multi-faceted and Scarlet is the least of all concerns. Yet here we all are by accident of birth, sprouted breasts and bellies, as cyclical of nature as our timekeeper the moon - and down here among the women we have no option but to stay. The gaudy cover of this particular edition doesn’t do the contents justice in this regard: the pink crepe background and the cheeky snapshots of 50s cliches seem rather lightweight in comparison to the scenes of destruction that lie within.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Scarlet, on the other hand, simply wants to have a nice time in life -- hence her adoption of a constant stream of casual male partners -- but she’s starved for true affection at home. The novel also follows the lives of Scarlet’s friends: Sylvia, a born victim; respectable Jocelyn, hopelessly trapped in her dull, bourgeois existence; Audrey, who finally breaks out of her conventional life; and Helen, beautiful, vibrant, and doomed. I had no motivation to pick it up and find out what happened, nearly DNF, the ending picked up a little bit but overall was a chore to read.

Already we have a fairly complex picture emerging, but this is before we have even introduced the other characters in this multi-faceted book. with heavy handed metaphor on every page Weldon also begins to develop her unique turn of phrase and is bitter, pessimistic, true. Respectable wife, unmarried mother, divorcee, femme fatale - these are roles that society demands from Scarlet, Jocelyn, Helen, Susan and Audrey. ONCE AGIN I AM SITTING AND LAUGHING AT THE ANTICS OF WOMEN WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER -NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT READ. All of these women, in whatever their own circumstances, are unhappy and bitter and although there are moments of relief and redemption, each of them are more than willing to throw one another under the (metaphorical) bus when suits.

There’s Helen, who begins as a model working with artists known only as X and Y; an affair with X soon turns into a far more complicated sort of menage a trois. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.Questo romanzo ha segnato l'inizio di quella che so che sarà una lunga conoscenza tra me e Fay Weldon, la sua autrice. The first people (women) we are introduced to are Wanda, aged sixty-four, and her daughter, Scarlet. The novel follows a group of 'friends' as they grow into women, amidst the patriarchal structure of post-war British society. the clinging helplessness of her father's new wife Susan, her junior, whose submissiveness is the kind that enslaves the man, not the wife. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.