In the mid 19th century, two women were born, Blanche Beunon and Jenny Bonnett. Both grew up abused by men and the system. Both were obsessed with their own personal sexual needs. Both seemed to be weak victims of circumstances that were almost beyond their control; both were misunderstood and mistr...
I read this eagerly but wasn't consumed by it. it was hard to want to stay with blanche, as well-written as she was, because jenny is just more interesting. I'd rather read what jenny is thinking about than see her through blanche's eyes. for one thing, jenny's world is wider. I will say that blanch...
I read this eagerly but wasn't consumed by it. it was hard to want to stay with blanche, as well-written as she was, because jenny is just more interesting. I'd rather read what jenny is thinking about than see her through blanche's eyes. for one thing, jenny's world is wider. I will say that blanch...
I really want to pick this book up again. Things just got busy. Loved the wild west feel of it with the 2 main characters running into each other in a bicycle collision. This is juxtaposed against a future-jump in which one of them is murdered (yikes!). Love the look into old-school San Francisco.
Have given up on this as I didn't want to waste another second on such a pathetic lead character. Too many passages dedicated to her 'daydreaming' of getting rogered senseless by her abusive ex, while she tries to work out if she does or doesn't love her child. Life is too short and there are bette...
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I am so glad that Donoghue has returned to historical fiction, in this her latest offering. Based on the unsolved murder, in San Francisco during the latter part of the 1800's; the murder being that of Jenny Bonnet, a cross dressing, frog catcher with a mysterious past. She and Blanche become friend...
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