The Future Homemakers Of America
Laurie Graham
"A scream!" "A page turner"! Jean liked it a lot. 400 pages but
easy to read with nice short chapters. The story is set in a US
airbase in Norfolk during the Second World War and the central
characters are those wives of the airmen. The story follows their
lives after they return to America. The women are a mixed bunch:
some are the homely types of the title; others are boozers and
gossips. Jean accepts that it is probably a girls' book - it even
has recipes!
Jean 21/12/03
This is a girls' book - men are irrelevant here. It is about a
group of American women whose husbands are stationed in the UK
during the Cold War. The women are believable and interesting -
one is very funny.
Doreen 7/2/04
"A girl's book?" queried Andrew. "Not necessarily", he thinks.
Men should read it for the writing and the gaps she leaves for
the reader to fill in.
Andrew 7/3/04
Gill objected to the marketing blurb and the two-page taster of
the author's next book. Ignoring that, Gill found it an easy and
perceptive read.
Gill 7/3/04
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