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The Mistake
by Wendy James
DNF @ 25%
The book reeked of internalised misogyny.
2 stages in a woman's life - a 19yo giving up her baby for adoption, and then 20 years later - married with 2 kids - when the secret, illegal, adoption is found out.
At all stages she is treated like she doesn't know what she wants, or that what she wants doesn't matter. Everyone sticks their nose in and tells Jodie what she should do or what they will be doing to deal with her situation, giving their opinions when it is not asked for.
I stopped when Jodie and husband Angus were telling their kids, Jodie starts talking but is interrupted by Angus,
"'Jodie. I thought that we agreed that I'd do the talking'
...
Hannah feels irritation flare, unaccountably maddened by her mother's meek obedience, her passivity. Why won't she do the talking? If it's her story, why not tell it herself, her way."
Based on Hanna's reaction, I think if this book was written from Hannah's POV it could be readable. But I wasn't gonna stick around for possible glimmers of hope.
The book reeked of internalised misogyny.
2 stages in a woman's life - a 19yo giving up her baby for adoption, and then 20 years later - married with 2 kids - when the secret, illegal, adoption is found out.
At all stages she is treated like she doesn't know what she wants, or that what she wants doesn't matter. Everyone sticks their nose in and tells Jodie what she should do or what they will be doing to deal with her situation, giving their opinions when it is not asked for.
I stopped when Jodie and husband Angus were telling their kids, Jodie starts talking but is interrupted by Angus,
"'Jodie. I thought that we agreed that I'd do the talking'
...
Hannah feels irritation flare, unaccountably maddened by her mother's meek obedience, her passivity. Why won't she do the talking? If it's her story, why not tell it herself, her way."
Based on Hanna's reaction, I think if this book was written from Hannah's POV it could be readable. But I wasn't gonna stick around for possible glimmers of hope.