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A review by msw
The Courtship of Eva Eldridge: A Story of Bigamy in the Marriage Mad Fifties by Diane Simmons
5.0
I love this wonderful nonfiction book THE COURTSHIP OF EVA ELDRIDGE, where author Diane Simmons explores not only one woman's strange experience with marriage but also a world "turned upside down, one in which her parents' beliefs seemed only dimly relevant and that—right or wrong—she too had tried to follow her heart."
Set during the second world war when women were encouraged--even propagandized--to go to work in war industry, and then afterward, when the propaganda told them to go home and take care of their men, it covers the rich excitement and confusion of the times with ease and panache--and a darn good story.
Set during the second world war when women were encouraged--even propagandized--to go to work in war industry, and then afterward, when the propaganda told them to go home and take care of their men, it covers the rich excitement and confusion of the times with ease and panache--and a darn good story.