Faith Baldwin (1893–1978)
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Faith Baldwin was born on October 1, 1893, in New Rochelle, New York. She attended private academies and finishing schools, and from 1914 to 1916, lived in Dresden, Germany. In 1921, Baldwin published her first novel, Mavis of Green Hill. Over the next 56 years she published more than 85 books, näytä lisää more than 60 of them novels. Her last novel, Adam's Eden, was published in 1977. In 1936 alone, she published five novels in magazine serial form and three earlier serials in volume form and saw four of those made into films. She also wrote two books under the pen name Amber Lee and a column that was published in Womans Day magazine from 1958 to 1965. Faith Baldwin died in Norwalk, Connecticut, on March 18, 1978. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1893-10-01
- Kuolinaika
- 1978-03-19
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- New Rochelle, New York, USA (birth)
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (death)
Dresden, Germany
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Search for Tomorrow Tekijä: Faith Baldwin
First Australian reprint of the mass market paperback TV tie-in with the CBS Daytime soap opera first published in the USA in 1966 by Popular Library. This edition, an "Apple/Orchid Co-Publication", was published in Melbourne, Australia in 1978 "by arrangement with Fawcett Books US" which had acquired Popular Library in 1970. The novel tells the story "of all the yesterdays of Joanne Tate before she began her Search for Tomorrow."
Has elements of other books I like, but the antagonism between the lead characters seems mostly unnecessary and gets a tad frustrating.
Mavis, a resident of a New England town in her early 20's, has been bedridden for about half her life because of a terrible accident. She can't sit, stand or walk. A new young doctor comes to town and begins to work with her, convinced that she can recover. She resents him and he's a bit tough on her.
About the same time, Mavis begins to correspond with a poet whose book she has fallen in love with. He uses a pen name, so she doesn't know who he actually is. (And if you can't see the resolution to this part of the plot a mile away, I don't know what to say.)
But lots more things have to happen. What I have described is probably not even half of the story. In the second half the setting is completely different. It is CUBA. But if I were to explain why, I think it would be considered a spoiler.… (lisätietoja)
Mavis, a resident of a New England town in her early 20's, has been bedridden for about half her life because of a terrible accident. She can't sit, stand or walk. A new young doctor comes to town and begins to work with her, convinced that she can recover. She resents him and he's a bit tough on her.
About the same time, Mavis begins to correspond with a poet whose book she has fallen in love with. He uses a pen name, so she doesn't know who he actually is. (And if you can't see the resolution to this part of the plot a mile away, I don't know what to say.)
But lots more things have to happen. What I have described is probably not even half of the story. In the second half the setting is completely different. It is CUBA. But if I were to explain why, I think it would be considered a spoiler.… (lisätietoja)
This book is hilarious. I can totally see how Faith Baldwin turned so many stories into films; this one read very much like a 1930s romance (well, it is a 1930s romance, but FILM). I also loved the pop culture references that date it.
Quotable:
"It will hurt. But not as much as it hurts now. And once it's out it won't hurt at all. Only girls make such a fuss about a little pain. Boys don't. Not real boys. You are a real boy, aren't you?"
"She hadn't slapped him. He rather liked women who slapped...one could always catch the hand and kiss it. To strike out was at least a sign of emotion. He didn't mind women who lost their tempers...they got over anger. But a woman who spoke her mind like this...and who meant it! He was shaken with the urge to jam on his brakes, to drag her to him, kiss her, shake her, beat her...anything to force some response from her."… (lisätietoja)
Quotable:
"It will hurt. But not as much as it hurts now. And once it's out it won't hurt at all. Only girls make such a fuss about a little pain. Boys don't. Not real boys. You are a real boy, aren't you?"
"She hadn't slapped him. He rather liked women who slapped...one could always catch the hand and kiss it. To strike out was at least a sign of emotion. He didn't mind women who lost their tempers...they got over anger. But a woman who spoke her mind like this...and who meant it! He was shaken with the urge to jam on his brakes, to drag her to him, kiss her, shake her, beat her...anything to force some response from her."… (lisätietoja)
Wow, this is quite the progressive book! Not what I was expecting after [b:Hotel Hostess|2396315|Hotel Hostess|Faith Baldwin|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1298923207s/2396315.jpg|2403337] and its absurd moments. This is much darker, along the lines of a pre-code movie, with its themes of rape, poverty, suicide, and organized crime. It's still "women's fiction," of course, but much less fluffy than the usual.
On the other hand, it takes Faith Baldwin for this to happen: girl is sexually harrassed raped coerced into marrying her rapist forced to quit the job that makes her happy forced to carry now-husband's child...and THE MAN TURNS OUT TO BE A SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER! I just _can't_.
Quotable:
"Forgive her?" Her eyes were clear scorn. "What have you to forgive, exactly?"
He flung a man's name at her, defiantly. He said, "You can't deny that, can you?"
"No," said Ellen, white. "I can't...We'll take that for granted. Very well. Shall we say that you forgive, then, her unchastity, although you've been perfectly chaste?"
"That's different," he said flushing, "that's not fair of you, Ellen. A man--"
"A man," said Ellen, "can regard his chastity as something to be disposed of as quickly and as lightly as possible. A man can, of course, do as he pleases--deny himself nothing. Not, I suppose, a woman. A woman can--you call it sin in a woman, don't you?--sin once, because she is foolish, because she is young, because she thinks herself passionately in love, because promises are made her--and that's her finish, I suppose. It's a swell world," said Ellen, grimly.
***
"You're barkin' up the wrong tree, sister," he murmured. "She'll come home. With a wedding ring. Or, without...After all, she ain't a minor, you know. Age of consent, and all that."… (lisätietoja)
On the other hand, it takes Faith Baldwin for this to happen: girl is sexually harrassed raped coerced into marrying her rapist forced to quit the job that makes her happy forced to carry now-husband's child...and THE MAN TURNS OUT TO BE A SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER! I just _can't_.
Quotable:
"Forgive her?" Her eyes were clear scorn. "What have you to forgive, exactly?"
He flung a man's name at her, defiantly. He said, "You can't deny that, can you?"
"No," said Ellen, white. "I can't...We'll take that for granted. Very well. Shall we say that you forgive, then, her unchastity, although you've been perfectly chaste?"
"That's different," he said flushing, "that's not fair of you, Ellen. A man--"
"A man," said Ellen, "can regard his chastity as something to be disposed of as quickly and as lightly as possible. A man can, of course, do as he pleases--deny himself nothing. Not, I suppose, a woman. A woman can--you call it sin in a woman, don't you?--sin once, because she is foolish, because she is young, because she thinks herself passionately in love, because promises are made her--and that's her finish, I suppose. It's a swell world," said Ellen, grimly.
***
"You're barkin' up the wrong tree, sister," he murmured. "She'll come home. With a wedding ring. Or, without...After all, she ain't a minor, you know. Age of consent, and all that."… (lisätietoja)
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