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Indlæser... The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell: A Novelaf Loraine Despres
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This is a time period I've read a great deal about, though usually in more esoteric books. Bell Cantrell is a woman living on the cusp between worlds. She's caught between her upbringing and her desires. It's hard to imagine, given our world of today, when bobbing your hair, or driving in a motorcar with a man could damage your reputation, or a time when the men you grew up knowing could hide themselves under sheets and call themselves heroes and protectors as Klansmen. Some very nice elements in this book, though it dragged for me in parts. (Or it could have been that extra glass of wine I had one evening that made me sleepy. :) ) The first line of this book hooked me-Belle Cantrell felt guilty about killing her husband and she hated that. Feeling guilty, that is. A lady shouldn't do something she's going to feel guilty about later, was a rule Belle kept firmly in mind.And so begins your introduction to Belle Cantrell's Southern Woman's Primmer of Propriety which Belle teacches but doesn't always follow.It is set in the 1920's with prohibition in full swing and women are fighting for their right to vote.Its about a young widow living in the south and her struggle between independence and southern propriety. This book is very well written and will make you giggle! This is one of my favorites and am soo sad to see i am the only one with this in my collection!Find this book and Enjoy it! ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Belle Cantrell felt guilty about killing her husband and she hated that. Feeling guilty, that is. A lady shouldn't do something she's going to feel guilty about later, was a rule Belle kept firmly in mind. So begins The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell, a story of murder, adultery, and regular church attendance, which introduces Belle Cantrell as a beautiful young widow with a rebellious streak, years before she will become grandmother to Sissy LeBlanc, the feisty main character of Loraine Despres's bestselling The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc. The year is 1920, prohibition is in full swing, women are clamoring for the vote, and a narrow-minded intolerance is on the rise. Life isn't easy for an unmarried woman, not in a little town like Gentry, Louisiana, especially after she's sent to jail for swimming in an indecent bathing costume with a group of suffragists. It's not as if Belle doesn't know how to behave. She knows the rules. She keeps the Primer of Propriety firmly in mind. But sometimes -- most of the time -- she has to twist the rules a little, or break them, or give them a permanent kink, because they all say the same thing: "Don't." And a girl has got to live. After a year and a half of mourning, Belle decides to get on with her life and kicks off a season of tumult that will change her and Gentry forever. Sexy, sassy, with laugh-out-loud humor and a cast of zany characters you won't forget, The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell is a big comic love story and a page-turner. But it delves deeper, as Belle struggles to find her moral center and stand up to forces that are determined to destroy the soul of a town and the people she loves. No library descriptions found. |
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It's the year 1920 and Belle is a feminist. She grew up poor, got married at 16 and has just recently been widowed in her early 30's.
Her life is a made up of a series of thoughts about what she "should" do.
Her mother-in-law has spent half her life trying to teach Belle how a lady should act.
Belle wants to be good, but she wants to be happy too.
When her husband passes away, she feels responsible (she doesn't kill him, she just feels guilty about his death).
After mourning, she starts to come alive again.
She fights for the right to vote. She pursues s new relationship. She encourages her daughter to get an education and she even takes on prejudice and hatred in her small town.
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