A nostalgic look back to when women
stayed home and men went to work.
Jackie Hart and her family moved from Boston to a town in Florida that was definitely old fashioned. You will meet Jackie and you will also meet an unmarried librarian, an unmarried lady who secretly writes sex novels for a publisher in New York, a divorced woman who works in the Post Office, a woman just out of jail for killing her husband, a maid, and an eccentric male. This group met once a week for a book club which they call The Collier County Women's Literary Society.
The characters are all quite diverse but warm and caring. Out of the blue, one of the book club members decides to do a late night radio show, and the entire town is in an uproar trying to figure out who it is especially since her name is none other than Miss Dreamsville.
This book was so fun, and took you back to a different lifestyle that our mothers probably were a part of.....well, at least my mother. :). It was a simpler life but also one that was strict.
It isn't a book I normally read, but I did enjoy it.....a nice light read and change of pace. It will make you laugh, but it will also make you wonder if it really would be a time period where you want to live.
Jackie Hart and her family moved from Boston to a town in Florida that was definitely old fashioned. You will meet Jackie and you will also meet an unmarried librarian, an unmarried lady who secretly writes sex novels for a publisher in New York, a divorced woman who works in the Post Office, a woman just out of jail for killing her husband, a maid, and an eccentric male. This group met once a week for a book club which they call The Collier County Women's Literary Society.
The characters are all quite diverse but warm and caring. Out of the blue, one of the book club members decides to do a late night radio show, and the entire town is in an uproar trying to figure out who it is especially since her name is none other than Miss Dreamsville.
This book was so fun, and took you back to a different lifestyle that our mothers probably were a part of.....well, at least my mother. :). It was a simpler life but also one that was strict.
It isn't a book I normally read, but I did enjoy it.....a nice light read and change of pace. It will make you laugh, but it will also make you wonder if it really would be a time period where you want to live.
The characters were all different
and showed that “different” is what makes the world go round. How could
it all work out if we were all the same? The characters worked together
perfectly in the book. It did get a little dramatic at times, but overall
a fun read and one that makes note that all of us are different yet all of us
are the same. 4/5
This book was given to me free of charge by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Enjoy!!
ReplyDeleteThis does sound like fun! I think there were some good things about that time period, but also lots of bad.
ReplyDeleteTimes have changed so much for those of us who remember mothers who stayed at home. I'm putting this book on my TBR list - thanks for the review.
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Hi Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and leaving such a nice comment. It's always nice to meet another book lover. The book in this post sounds like one I'd be interested in especially now as I'm reassessing my own 'stay-at-home' status. Also, thanks for following me. Where was that photo taken in your header? Has to be the British Isles, I think?
What intriguing characters in this book! I can see why you thought it a fun novel.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a nice light read - I certainly don't think I'd want to live in the past!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great read. Thanks for stopping by my blog and following. I have followed you back :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Loved your favorites bookshelf, I saw many of my own on there. And the pictures of Scotland! I hope to get there one day myself.
ReplyDeleteGREAT on our shelves being similar.
ReplyDeleteScotland is beautiful. I hope you get there too.
This book sounds so good...it is the kind of book thati love!
ReplyDeleteHope you get to read it, Patty. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun read. I think I would've liked to raise my children in that time period! But then I'd miss the internet.
ReplyDeleteJust stopped by saw your comment from BBAW at my blog. Thanks for the kind remarks. This looks like the kind of books I'd enjoy I'll have to add it to my wish list for when I have time again. Right now my TBR is soooo backlogged that want to reads are a luxury unless they are scheduled for review. But this one will definitely be on the someday list for me.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to read it, Melissa.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by.