So many people might argue that the abrupt, unformed ending is true to life. The half a point is lost to the abrupt ending. And yes, this story of a girl who leaves her husband and stifling life to become a cook at a catholic charity house for unwed pregnant girls has all the makings of an award-winning movie. Okay, okay, yes Patchett is a writer who immerses you in a warm, angsty stew of quirky characters and important emotions. This book is recommended for readers of literary fiction. Each tells the story from their own perspective and the reader soon grows to know more than any one of the characters do about their own lives since the other character's viewpoints are also clear to them while opaque to the other characters. In this novel, she has created three such characters, Rose, Son and Cecelia. She married Son, the man who helped with all the repairs and upkeep of the home and they raised the baby, Cecelia together.Īnn Patchett's forte as an author is creating believable characters, giving them backstories and telling their lives in a way that the reader wants to continue to see what happens next. She helped in the kitchen and after her baby's birth, stayed on to cook for everyone. Also, unlike the others, Rose didn't leave and didn't give up her baby. She just let everyone assume her story was the same as the other girls.
She left California without a word one day and drove across country to St. She was married but decided that life with her husband was a mistake and that she just didn't love him. They formed friendships but as soon as the baby arrived, the girls left hoping that chapter of their lives was closed.
It was in Kentucky and the girls that came there came from all over the United States.
The baby was taken from her right after birth and given to adoptive parents. In reality, they entered homes for unwed mothers which were set up to allow the woman to stay during her pregnancy. With abortion an illegal operation, women were forced into marriages which had little chance of survival or they disappeared for six months or so, supposedly to visit an aunt or travel somewhere. In the 1960's, it was still a family disgrace if a woman got pregnant outside of matrimony.
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