Margaret: A Song Out Of Time - Couverture souple

Carlton, Dixie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909623490 ISBN 13 : 9781909623491

Editeur : Panoma Press, 2014

Synopsis

What makes a woman either rage against or surrender to the choices made for her by the society's expectations? Margaret doesn't want to marry, have children, or settle for the life her mother had and is willing to go to great lengths to avoid such drudgery, including turning her back on her family forever. After running away from home at 17 she meets a wealthy young man who introduces her to excitement beyond her wildest dreams, and helps her to enter the swinging jazz club scene. Follow the journey of a woman ahead of her time who survived life as an unwed mother of children to different fathers during an age of intolerance to 'women of low morals'. Discover the many rules she breaks in order to achieve contentment with the man she loves. This is a story that considers the devastating issues of war-time love, parental restrictions in the early part of the 20th century and the dreadful taboos common to women who loved and found themselves 'in the family way' without hope of, or in some cases the desire for, a husband. This novel is set in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s in Auckland, New Zealand.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dixie (Maria) Carlton is a New Zealander living in Brisbane Australia, where she works as a business coach and marketing consultant. This is her first novel, although she has contributed to and co-authored several other business books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Panoma Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909623490
• ISBN 13: 9781909623491
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible