Review: The House of Women
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
I enjoyed this story immensely. It reminded me of the Jane Austen types of stories, and was most enjoyable. The portrayal of the brutal father and his equally brutal and disgustingly common male friends worried me though, as I wonder if fathers of this era were really this callous and greedy and indeed careless of what they did for their daughters. My grandmother was born to this type of home in England and I can remember the many stories she told us as little ones about how their house was run by her mother and aunts, and that her father just provided the money to keep the house and his children going.She actually ran her home in much the same way, and I remember the women, (my Gran, mother and her sisters) all having the say in what was done on any given day, and Grandfather supplying the money and whatever paid help was necessary.I adored the eldest daughter in this story as it was close to my own grandmother's life in that she married a commoner.Thoroughly enjoyable and well written.