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Ladataan... When Women Were DragonsTekijä: Kelly Barnhill
   Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.  embly | Nov 4, 2023 |    ) Tosta | Oct 20, 2023 | The main character suffers so many indignities and so much unfairness. If I found it frustrating to read, imagine the frustration of living through it. While this book is fiction, the societal problems it represents are all too real. Themes of feminism, sexism, homophobia, racism, family mutability, motherhood, grief, abuse, emotional maturity, and many more, all entwined together. I wish I had kept notes while I read, because When Women Were Dragons forced me to think deeply, brought many memories back from my childhood, and showed me my own social offenses. The melancholy ending left me feeling... I don't know. Grief? Hope? A poignant ending to a poignant book. The main character often didn't have the words or the context to explain her feelings, much less understand them. She repeated this time and again. This shared lack is something from my own past, and one that I try to keep from my daughters. I recommend this book without reservation. ( ) Tom_Wright | Oct 11, 2023 | In een parallelle wereld hebben sommige vrouwen de magie in zich om draken te worden. Als het eerst sporadisch gebeurd is Alex Green nog jong en haar bezorgde moeder probeert haar te beschermen tegen de wereld. Als haar tante Marla ook een draak wordt, hebben Alex en haar moeder opeens de zorg voor haar nichtje Beatrice. Alex moet net doen of Beatrice haar zusje is. Maar dan, ergens in 1955 veranderen duizenden vrouwen en meisjes in draken. Later, na de dood van haar moeder, zorgt Alex alleen voor nichtje. De vader van Alex laat ze schandalig genoeg in de steek om een nieuw gezin te beginnen. Maar Alex wil leren, zoveel mogelijk. Dus maakt ze lange dagen, studerend tot diep in de nacht. Voor de rest zeg ik er niet veel van, maar ik vind het een geweldig boek. Alleen heeft het woord 'dragonder' opeens een betekenis erbij. (  ) connie53 | Oct 9, 2023 |  ) AAPremlall | Jul 23, 2023 | ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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"Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours. But this version of 1950's America is characterized by a significant event: The Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales and talons, left a trail of fiery destruction in their path, and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex's beloved Aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn't know. It's taboo to speak of. Forced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this disturbing event: a mother more protective than ever; a father growing increasingly distant; the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and helping to raise a beloved younger girl obsessed with dragons far beyond propriety. In this timely and timeless speculative novel, award-winning author Kelly Barnhill boldly explores rage, memory, and the forced limitations of girlhood. When Women Were Dragons exposes a world that wants to keep women small-their lives and their prospects-and examines what happens when they rise en masse and take up the space they deserve"-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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I would still recommend this to my dragon loving friends. I'd talk about it with a feminist book club. It just doesn't quite align with me. (