tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post1787838204328240488..comments2023-10-10T03:58:32.375-07:00Comments on Fingers & Prose: thoughts on How It Was: 1920Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-82440133742769761732012-03-16T00:59:19.314-07:002012-03-16T00:59:19.314-07:00This sounds so interesting - I'm going to have...This sounds so interesting - I'm going to have to find this book. Women's issues and oppression interest me so much. This review actually made me think of Isabelle in Birdsong, but perhaps that's because of the period and the common bird reference! Hooray for passion not now being a dirty word.Celeste85https://www.blogger.com/profile/05575580291868960322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-35741216357984658332012-03-15T11:43:55.841-07:002012-03-15T11:43:55.841-07:00I actually haven't finished it yet, but I am e...I actually haven't finished it yet, but I am enjoying it. I was just stuck on this thought so I had to post about it! It was one of those time when I realized how much I, too, am a product of the society I grew up in. The idea that a woman couldn't (not even just shouldn't, but could not) be passionate is so difficult for me to understand. <br /><br />So often we hear only the more aggressive side of the Women's Rights movement, but how it personally affected women and society is a story more complicated and less told. There was a character in Song of the Lark that was a perfect example of the quote from So Big--a man who had passion, and felt ashamed of it. I love how the ideas from the books fit together so well.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151339860580266808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243923798905252664.post-82325247341857327962012-03-15T11:12:08.422-07:002012-03-15T11:12:08.422-07:00This is something I've never understood. How c...This is something I've never understood. How can a woman have 8 kids and not have passion? I'm definitely a product of my age. <br /><br />These sound like great reads. I'm guessing that you liked So Big?Heidi’sbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15647096496574605262noreply@blogger.com