Synopsis
The Home-Maker describes Evangeline, an obsessively house-proud mother and home-maker (a word that is in everyday use in America but not in Britain) who renders each of her children miserable in different ways, through her perfectionism and her need to control; without realizing it, she is frustrated and bored - yet she thinks she is a good and devoted mother.
Lester, her husband, is also unhappy, at home and at work. It is only when he falls off a roof that his family's life changes; he is wheelchair-bound at home and his wife goes to work in a department store (the setting is smalltown New England). The children gradually blossom
Lester, her husband, is also unhappy, at home and at work. It is only when he falls off a roof that his family's life changes; he is wheelchair-bound at home and his wife goes to work in a department store (the setting is smalltown New England). The children gradually blossom
Titre original : The Home-Maker (1924)
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2014 Editions Persephone books
268 pages
ISBN : 9781906462130
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17 / 20 Le 30 Janvier 2024 à 11:06 Mlle Alice
Un récit qui ne manque pas d'humour, malgré le propos qui n'est pas forcément joyeux, et extrêmement en avance sur son temps...
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17 / 20 Le 11 Octobre 2018 à 18:27 TitaniaMême si le message est intéressant, les ressorts narratifs utilisés pour le faire passer sont assez... effrayants.