tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post4943093300008624861..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: A Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37358626043526724312014-09-23T08:49:03.245+01:002014-09-23T08:49:03.245+01:00Full marks for close observation: that was a mista...Full marks for close observation: that was a mistake on my part, it absolutely should have said *1907* not 2007. I have now changed it, having completely failed to notice it, along with anyone else reading it. Thank you!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55149316062136063532014-09-23T05:25:10.584+01:002014-09-23T05:25:10.584+01:00The photo threw me because I think your subtitle s...The photo threw me because I think your subtitle says it's set in 2007? I can safely pass on this one regardlesscol2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-53365764247886968882014-09-07T09:48:43.522+01:002014-09-07T09:48:43.522+01:00It was. And it's not one I'm strongly reco...It was. And it's not one I'm strongly recommending, but I did enjoy it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91871541712167791532014-09-07T07:05:54.953+01:002014-09-07T07:05:54.953+01:00Very interesting book. Don't know if I would l...Very interesting book. Don't know if I would like it, but still interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-87767602626071396442014-08-31T09:41:06.437+01:002014-08-31T09:41:06.437+01:00Yes I hadn't heard of her before finding this ...Yes I hadn't heard of her before finding this photo, but what admirable women they were.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43871953375856859092014-08-31T04:23:01.470+01:002014-08-31T04:23:01.470+01:00Well, apparently Harriet E. Giles and Sophia Packm...Well, apparently Harriet E. Giles and Sophia Packman, life companions, set up a Baptist School for African-American young women in Atlanta, Ga.. It became the historical, famous Spelman College, a fantastic school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52344312931989067592014-08-30T10:40:05.284+01:002014-08-30T10:40:05.284+01:00Yes, it's a serious issue in real life here to...Yes, it's a serious issue in real life here too I'd say. This one is definitely fictional, and you might put your money on the bride...<br />I had not come across Giles, or the college, but strangely Spelman College came up in my reading again this week. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16700279883045155322014-08-30T09:51:03.923+01:002014-08-30T09:51:03.923+01:00Some awful tales - true and fictional, have been t...Some awful tales - true and fictional, have been told about mail-order brides. Lots of domestic abuse over here with contemporary situations where men pick women from various websites, and they come here. Not so good. <br /><br />However, I must look up Harriet E. Giles, someone I've never come across.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22282939459321526602014-08-27T20:01:59.220+01:002014-08-27T20:01:59.220+01:00Yes exactly, I agree with you. this one does have ...Yes exactly, I agree with you. this one does have a strong plot and a strong sense of place and atmosphere - I think you might like it.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30894946108575671262014-08-27T18:48:54.542+01:002014-08-27T18:48:54.542+01:00Moira, I can lose myself in "overblown" ...Moira, I can lose myself in "overblown" or "lush" prose so long as it keeps me hooked all the way through. In such case it doesn't matter if the story does not match up. This book sounds really good.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-62250864632311012222014-08-27T13:12:54.150+01:002014-08-27T13:12:54.150+01:00It's such a great setup for a book isn't i...It's such a great setup for a book isn't it Margot? Both sides wondering what they're getting into, and contemplating what they might not have revealed yet. I actually wish this author had been a bi less consciously literary, and a bit more an honest crime writer... I think it would have improved the book.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-75233791860323090762014-08-27T12:51:31.989+01:002014-08-27T12:51:31.989+01:00Moira - The whole concept of the 'mail order b...Moira - The whole concept of the 'mail order bride' is interesting, just because of the disparate people it brings together. And I can easily see how that could become Gothic and creepy. I'm not much of a one for overblown prose, but this sounds absorbing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74572643020257759802014-08-27T12:05:39.702+01:002014-08-27T12:05:39.702+01:00Oh YES. There's a whole train-load of jokes th...Oh YES. There's a whole train-load of jokes there...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63908139946094232652014-08-27T11:39:26.973+01:002014-08-27T11:39:26.973+01:00Am now contemplating Sarah, Plain & Tall gone ...Am now contemplating Sarah, Plain & Tall gone Bad... skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.com