Let's meet Mira.
She is a small-town girl who loves reading. She has been an independent and smart child since she was a child. When she was fourteen, she read Nietzsche and Paine. She finished all the textbooks on the first day of school, and the school had to let her skip a grade. But this was the United States in the 1930s. The most common occupation for women was "typist" and the theme of life was "family." Her mother's greatest expectation for her is to "marry into a good family." In a small, closed place, her intelligence and independence make her an outlier. Over time, she succumbed. She got married hastily like other girls, wore corsets, learned to cook, kept the house in order, gave birth to two children, and tried hard to be a "good wife and mother". Her husband has a decent job and she lives in a big house that many people dream of. She has a graceful manner and is always smiling. And only she knew that beneath the calm surface of life, she was silently collapsing...
Reader comments
This book touched me very much. It tells the story of a woman's struggle and awakening in a traditional society. Through the story of Mira, the author Marilyn French profoundly reflects the social restrictions and oppression on women at that time. I think this is not only a book about women, but also a reflection on society and human nature. The descriptions in the book are very real, which made me feel Mira's inner pain and contradiction, and also made me cherish my current freedom and choices even more. I would recommend it to my friends, especially female friends, so that they can also gain strength and inspiration from it.
I read this book through physical book and online exchange. But I think the content in the book, whether it is a physical book or online, is so thought-provoking. Mira, Val, Aesop and other women in the book make you feel like they really exist and are around you. Their experiences are both unique and universal. Their doubts and questions are what we also want to express. The injustice experienced by women is vividly displayed in this book, which describes the loss of female self and lack of recognition in a male-dominated society.
After reading the book, I am still thinking about whether women are really liberated and how they can be liberated. How do we as women find ourselves in this society.
I hope more women will read this book and think about their own future together. Can draw nutrients and courage from books.
There is a feeling that I am watching myself, whether as a child or as an adult.
This book touched me very much. It tells the story of a woman's struggle and awakening in a traditional society. Through the story of Mira, the author Marilyn French profoundly reflects the social restrictions and oppression on women at that time. I think this is not only a book about women, but also a reflection on society and human nature. The descriptions in the book are very real, which made me feel Mira's inner pain and contradiction, and also made me cherish my current freedom and choices even more. I would recommend it to my friends, especially female friends, so that they can also gain strength and inspiration from it.
I read this book through physical book and online exchange. But I think the content in the book, whether it is a physical book or online, is so thought-provoking. Mira, Val, Aesop and other women in the book make you feel like they really exist and are around you. Their experiences are both unique and universal. Their doubts and questions are what we also want to express. The injustice experienced by women is vividly displayed in this book, which describes the loss of female self and lack of recognition in a male-dominated society. After reading the book, I am still thinking about whether women are really liberated and how they can be liberated. How do we as women find ourselves in this society. I hope more women will read this book and think about their own future together. Can draw nutrients and courage from books.
There is a feeling that I am watching myself, whether as a child or as an adult.