Review: Such a love story! Beautiful and truthful in our assumptions about love and age
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
Wow! What a story, what characters, what caring, what love...The author tackled a difficult issue - one that still haunts us in our genderfied society. A 40-year-old and a 26-year-old? If the man is older, eyebrows may be raised but no true censure. The woman, it is expected, will not tire of her older husband. She has years to have children. But for the 40-year-old to be a woman? Censure in the 1800s and in the 2000s. Her beauty will fade, she won't be able to "bear him children." He will get tired of her as she ages. She will become a burden.Our heroine, Nora, is caught in this gender trap. She sees herself as too old and too plain to ever marry or (gasp!) fall in love. Thankfully, Alex can get past it. I won't give more spoilers. :)On a side note - one of the best parts of the book is the dinner party. Enjoy the conversation! I wish that I had such conversation when at a dining occasion!