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Ladataan... The wet nurse's tale (vuoden 2009 painos)Tekijä: Erica Eisdorfer
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Susan Rose is a servant in a grand 19th-century household, but after becoming pregnant, she has no choice but to leave that career and begin a new one as a wet nurse, tending to rich ladies' children at the expense of her own. While Susan's life certainly has a lot of sadness and injustice in it, this story never becomes bleak, and even while it's describing some rather tragic things, the novel remains engaging and enjoyable. Mostly that's due to the fact that Susan is such a wonderfully clever and lively character; although she does a few things I can't bring myself to approve of, it's simply impossible not to like her. I think the story does get a teeny bit far-fetched by the end, talking on a few aspects of Victorian melodrama that I wasn't really expecting, but despite that, I still turned the last page feeling satisfied. Basically, a good, quick, entertaining read. An enjoyable story about Susan Rose who is raised by a mother who is a wet nurse to bring in money for the family and a father who's a drunk. She and her siblings work for a rich family in various jobs. Susan, by her own description is a large, unattractive woman. She becomes secretly involved with the son in the family which leads to various situations. She's clever though and nothing will stand in her way. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Susan Rose is no average protagonist: she's scheming, promiscuous, plump, smart, funny, tender and entirely lovable. Like many working-class women in Victorian England she was born into a world that offered very few opportunities for the poor and unlovely. But Susan is the kind of plucky heroine who seeks her fortune, and finds it - with a little help from her breasts. As a professional wet nurse, she breastfeeds the children of women who can't or won't nurse their own babies. But when her own child is sold by her father, Susan embarks on a rescue mission. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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This is a story of love, compassion, & the fact that a mother's love for her child knows no bounds, & will drive her to do anything to keep that child safe. ( )