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Monday, February 23, 2009
Mailbox Mondays
Some great books came in the mail this past week:
The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
She examines what happens in families and communities when educated women “opt out” of the work force for a few years in order to be full-time mothers, and then somehow don’t find their way back. Combining a remarkable big-picture view with a more intimate perspective, it confronts the issues of motherhood and work with refreshing intelligence, sensitivity, and cultural insight. 
I received an ARC from Sourcebooks: Pemberley Manor: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice continues... by Kathryn L. Nelson
How does "happily ever after" really work?
As marriage brings an end to a romantic tale, it begins a new story: how does "happily ever after" really work? While Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley might be expected to get on famously, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy will surely need to work on their communication skills.
What forces in Darcy's past would give such a good man so difficult a public demeanor? The author posits an imaginative family background for Darcy from which he would have inherited his sense of social superiority and duty to the family name.
When Darcy reverts to type, will Elizabeth's stubborn optimism win the day after the honeymoon is over? While they say that opposites attract, how long can Lizzy and Darcy's fundamentally different personalities get along without friction? Can they learn to understand each other? Can their love prevail over the inevitable clashes?
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