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A time in history - social, medical, rural, personalized

Revisado: 01-23-25

Despite the greater world’s challenges at that time, I enjoyed sensing life in a smaller framing. Life may have been hard, as it can always be, but the localization of it was calming to me compared to today’s news & media. Interesting & a refreshing listen as I heard about country veterinarian life back then.

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Dissimilar women boarding together post war

Revisado: 11-06-24

I had not really thought about women’s experiences post WWII. To me a boarding houses seems a little like a college dorm where you can be thrown together living with those you wouldn’t normally get to know so personally. I appreciated each woman’s uniqueness. The story as a whole kept me interested as each woman had an impact on the Briar Club.

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Twists but damaged stereotypical characters

Revisado: 07-06-24

I’ve enjoyed other stories by this author & but was disappointed in Mad Love. Maybe the performance format made it worse but too many dramatic conversations between stereotypical characters & too much cursing trying to elevate everyone’s emotions. It was a soap opera and I mean that as a negative.

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Twist of what someone can do

Revisado: 06-29-24

Enjoyed the twist of the unexpected by people underrated. Tying together years of hopeless small town history making people do what they did.

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I had no idea

Revisado: 06-02-24

I’m not into all the WWII details but I had no idea about all the strategy beyond just moving troops or the Ghost Army. That was interesting as were the personal stories. Parts were kinda dry or repetitive as I’m not into this or that battle. However I now have a better understanding how those wars were fought.

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Crescendo of surprises to end

Revisado: 05-17-24

Wonderful. Surprising turns. Damaged people living in damaging times. What was normal as history swirled around them as well? Thinking how did I misinterpret characters so completely in early chapters.

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Never forgotten

Revisado: 04-09-24

I enjoyed the linking of the past & current by the author as well as understanding what it could have been like in Paris during WWII. I thought the narration was well done and supported the time switches as sometimes when this type of book is listened to it can be confusing. The book provides some balance of very dark and better times.

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WWI women supporting the fight

Revisado: 02-28-24

Brave historical English women that I had not known about brought to life. The author connected us to their daily lives as WWI changed everything around them and changed their role in society.

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Historical Women Deserving Recognition

Revisado: 03-16-23

I had no idea of the far reaching impact of these women’s experiences with respect to their employers, the world wars, their health. Today 24 hr news programs would be all over what was happening compared news to a century ago. They were so young, happy, earning wonderful money, kept naive. They and their families were so devastated.

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Recognizing Oves we know

Revisado: 01-01-23

So many emotions at the end recognizing the patterns of people we meet in our lives. We can’t walk in someone else’s shoes but we can attempt to walk next to them and understand them. An emotional listen that I enjoyed and will stay with me.

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