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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. At first, I kind of enjoyed the melodrama aspects -- in the first few pages, our heroine is informed she must marry well, but her suitor turns out to be a serial rapist who threatens social ruin of her entire family! Her poor old governess' whips out a family heirloom emerald ring and gives it to our heroine! But our heroine doesn't seem to have any motivations or interests, besides bumping into key players and overhearing key info. She bumps in to Evil Cousin, who monologues on Poor Relations and her sad life as unpaid governess, then she bumps into the serial rapist, who threatens ruin. RUIN! She bumps into Charles Dickens. She happens to see her BiL having dinner with a lovely young widow, and just happens to overhear way too many personal conversations for credulity. I love a good historical drama, but this was just too much random drama for me. ( ) I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for a review here and on my blog Samwise Reviews. I was blown away by this book; I couldn't put it down and I read it in a single afternoon. I grew up in a city near Leslie Howard and I have been to Barkerville, but I had never heard of the Brideship Wives. I thought the story was fascinating and really well done, I was able to sink right into it and feel Charlotte's stress and uncertainty the whole way through. It has definitely made me interested in visiting some of the museums and historical sites relating to this topic, and I look forward to reading more pieces by her. I'm going to use this for the "Written by a Female Author" part of my 2020 reading challenge. It’s the mid-19th century, and Charlotte, at 21-years old, is desperate to find a husband. Well, she isn’t that excited about it, but her sister and brother-in-law, high society people, are insisting. The match they want her to make, however, is a jerk, to put it mildly. But, Charlotte doesn’t have a lot of options, until she finds out about a “brideship”. England is sending unmarried women to the colonies in the New World, specifically to Vancouver Island and British Columbia, in what would later become Canada, to provide the men there with potential wives. Although Charlotte is initially hesitant, she ends up on one of the ships... I really liked this. I liked Charlotte – she is more independent than many women at the time, I think – certainly those of her social class. Although quick to read is nice, I did feel like the book could have gone into more detail/spent more time on many of the topics. As I always hope for, the author did include a note at the end where she talks about where she learned of many of the issues she covered in the book, including treatment of women, social classes, smallpox in the Native population, the gold rush towns in BC, the culture in those towns, as well as the tendency toward fire in the buildings, and more. She also provided a master list (can’t think of what it’s called) of actual women who sailed on one of the brideships (she used many of the names). Many of the things that happened in the book were events happened to someone in real life. Finding freedom for a woman in the late 1800s wasn’t an easy feat, but it could be done in the Northwestern most British colonies. This society sister without marital prospects has quite an adventure throughout her ordeal surrounding the British Brideship and its journey. The story is interesting enough, yet is also a bit shallow, gliding over depth in order to move the timeline along. A full picture is seen, but I wish Howard had gone a bit deeper with the details. This is definitely a light, feel-good read with some conflict to keep it interesting. *I received an arc from the publisher through NetGalley for an honest review The Brideship Wife is a captivating story from Victorian England to Canada . Charlotte the main character is forced by her brother-in law is forced to leave her home in England and travel on a ship to Canada that is carrying brides for the New World. Charlotte wants to be independent but finds this difficult in the rigid social structure of Victorian England. Charlotte traveling in first class assists a doctor on the ship, meets a minister who is trying to help the natives with the small pox outbreak, befriends the women in sterrage who are traveling to the new world to meet husbands, work and to become independent. This historical novel depicts the political and social injustice of the times. It is a novel of enduring, friendship, loyalty , love. and a desire for independence. These Victorian women were one off the first era of women to fight and demand women have the same rights as men. I received this wonderful book as an ARC digital copy for an honest review ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"Inspired by the history of the British "brideships," this captivating historical debut tells the story of one woman's coming-of-age and search of independence--for readers of Suzanne Desrochers's Bride of New France. Tomorrow we would dock in Victoria on the northwest coast of North America, about as far away from my home as I could imagine. Like pebbles tossed upon the beach, we would scatter, trying to make our way as best we could. Most of us would marry, some would not. All of us hoped for a better life than we could ever have found in England. England, 1862. Charlotte is somewhat of a wallflower. Shy and bookish, she knows her duty is to marry, but with no dowry, she has little choice in the matter. She can't continue to live off the generosity of her sister Harriet and her wealthy brother-in-law Charles, whose political aspirations dictate that she make an advantageous match. When Harriet hosts a grand party, Charlotte is charged with winning the affections of one of Charles's colleagues, but before the night is over, her reputation--her one thing of value--is at risk. In the days that follow, rumors begin to swirl. Soon Charles's standing in society is threatened and everything Charlotte has held dear is jeopardized, even Harriet, and Charlotte is forced to leave everything she has ever known in England and embark on a treacherous voyage to the New World. From the rigid social circles of Victorian England to the lawless lands bursting with gold in British Columbia's Cariboo, The Brideship Wife takes readers on a mesmerizing journey through a time of great historic change. Based on a forgotten chapter in history, this is a sparkling debut about the pricelessness of freedom and the courage it takes to follow your heart."-- No library descriptions found. |
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