So they go the house party and guess what happens next? THEY DECIDE TO RAISE CHICKENS ANYWAY! Just kidding. Only in Regency romance land is it easier to procure a fake fiancée than it is to just tell your mom that you’re single.Īnyway, Sophy agrees to pretend to be engaged to Jamie in exchange for him buying her a cottage so she can live out the rest of her days independently rather than wrangling poultry and small children. He’s about to attend a holiday house party with his mother and many eligible ladies, and he maybe told his mom he was engaged so she’d leave him alone. Jamie is a well-to-do gentleman in need of a fake fiancée. Anyway, she’s at an inn, spending her last few pennies on some ale, waiting for her coach to said cousin’s home when she’s approached by James Archer. I honestly would prefer the chickens to the children. With no money and no prospects, she’s looking to family for support–which means moving in with a cousin to help raise said cousin’s six children and twenty-seven chickens. Lady Sophronia Bettesford is the impoverished daughter of a recently deceased earl. It’s like the perfect little macaron–a pop of sweetness, but not so much that your teeth ache. No Groom at the Inn is a delightful holiday Regency novella. – Redheadedgirl Historical: European, Literary Fiction If we can understand the things people do to each other, maybe we can keep history from repeating itself. I liked reading about this this facet of history, even as I had to struggle with the rage that this wasn’t a bygone era: this was happening in my lifetime. There’s hope held out only to be snatched away (again and again and again) and – given the reasons most women and girls were sent to these places, this isn’t a surprise – there’s a child death as well, so please be aware of that. There’s a happy ending for one of them, but it’s at SUCH a cost. We follow them as they figure out how to survive and keep their true selves intact. This story takes place in 1962, and follows two girls who were signed over to the asylum by their families for being too promiscuous- Teagan was accused of causing a priest to have impure thoughts, while Nora was just looking for a way out of her life. It’s one of the black spots in the history of the Catholic Church and, while they were not exclusive to Ireland, it’s a black spot in the history of Ireland and its treatment of women, as well. Records of women who disappeared into the asylums are scant and incomplete. The reality was that women and girls could be committed to these asylums for years with no appeal or release until such a time as the nuns running the place let them go. Otherwise, this is an entertaining and fascinating look at American history and the overlooked women of color who were a crucial part of it.įrom the late 18th century to 1996, the Magdalen Laundries were (In theory) a place for fallen women to be employed with godly, honest work and get off the streets and all that. Its only flaw is that it’s so admiring of the women in question that it never presents them as having any imperfections. This is a gripping read that keeps its focus on the intelligence and perseverance of the women who helped win the war and who made space flight possible. The book shows how change in US culture influenced Langley and NASA, but also shows how the specific working environment gave women, including women of color, a kind of mobility and respect that was difficult to find elsewhere. It’s one thing to talk about segregation in academic terms (and the book does do that) but another thing to describe Mary Jackson’s feeling of humiliation when she couldn’t find a bathroom to use. These women worked during WWII and the post-War days of aircraft development and then for NASA during the early days of the American space program.īy focusing on the careers of four women (Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden), the book is able to cover a long period of time without becoming dry. It tells the true stories of the African American women who worked as “human computers” (mathematicians) for Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. I got so excited about the kickass women movie Hidden Figures that I ran out and got the book of the same title, written by Margot Lee Shetterly.
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