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atthefishhouses · 4 days ago

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The worst fate, they utterly agreed, would be to become like Mother and Dad, stuffy and frightened. Not one of them, if she could help it, was going to marry a broker or a banker or a cold-fish corporation lawyer, like so many of Mother’s generation.

Mary McCarthy, The Group (1963)

#mary mccarthy #the group #2024 reads #quite intriguing once you get into it - which took me the at least two chapters even though it is very well written #feminist literature of the 1960s #sex and the city vibes - but in a good way #vassar graduates '33 #nyc novel #intertwined stories of eight women as they navigate issues such as relationships - limited career choices - marriage and motherhood #great character voices - even the more irritating characters grow on you because they are so unique and representative at the same time #a text that feels like a time capsule into pre-WWII america #what to read next - though?

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