Review: a refreshing depiction of the mail-order-bride stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
This story is different from the usual mail-order-bride formula which usually has the usual sequence of events. Bride arrives in the West and gets married within an hour or two. They consummate their marriage same night; the virgin bride is prepared to put up with her husband's desires; lo and behold! she loves it. She either can't cook and learns to conquer all her inadequacies and they live happily ever after. Or she is a great cook and super homemaker and they live happily ever after. She is always beautiful. He is always a gorgeous tall stud with large biceps, hugely broad shoulders, and a perfect six-pack.This story has three brides, all strangers to each other, and coming to the West to marry three brothers and all planning to live in the same room. But the brothers are not happy with two of the brides-to-be. There is some real danger involved. No emphasis is placed on their physical descriptions. They are neither beautiful women nor studly men. A very interesting story, a refreshing depiction of the mail-order-bride saga.