Robin H. (grateful61) reviewed Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This was a quick read and very enjoyable! Some parallels to The Help, which I loved as well. Check it out!
Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society: A Novel on + 1440 more book reviews
When a transplanted Boston housewife starts a book club in a backwater Florida village in the early 60s, it ends up being much more than any of the members bargain for.
Mostly this book is about changes -- about the social changes that were shaking the new decade as feminism and civil rights took hold, and about a cold war that threatened to get very hot indeed. It's also very much about what lies beneath the surface.
It's a light read generally, with some interesting insights at times. But Hearth loses points for a throwaway revelation about one of the club's members in a "postscript" to the main story, and for glossing over the huge game-changer of an unplanned pregnancy. She's also dressed it up in an unnecessary "I'm an old woman now, telling you this story" framework.
Mostly this book is about changes -- about the social changes that were shaking the new decade as feminism and civil rights took hold, and about a cold war that threatened to get very hot indeed. It's also very much about what lies beneath the surface.
It's a light read generally, with some interesting insights at times. But Hearth loses points for a throwaway revelation about one of the club's members in a "postscript" to the main story, and for glossing over the huge game-changer of an unplanned pregnancy. She's also dressed it up in an unnecessary "I'm an old woman now, telling you this story" framework.
