2024 the best place review
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After twenty-seven years of marriage, Sheila Callahan struggles to adjust to life as a widow and to cope with the pressures that affect a woman who is alone
Publisher : Doubleday; First Edition (January 1, 1976)
Language : English
Paperback : 354 pages
ISBN-10 : 0385014295
ISBN-13 : 978-0385014298
Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
Reviewer: Rose
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: THE BEST PLACE TO BE
Review: I read this book in the 70's, along with The Heart Listens and The Mixed Blessing. This book I skimmed, while all three books are dated - the characters in The Heart Listens and Mixed Blessing were endearing and enjoyable. I did not like the main character in this book, she was not relatable in this day and age.
Reviewer: Barbara Mangano
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: somewhat realistic for those times but otherwise romantic hogwash
Review: I grew up in the same type of environment except it was jewish. Widowed or divorced women were dropped from the crowd unless they found another husband. Otherwise .moved away,the very few who chose to stay were pitied or scorned ven if they seemed content. The women went to temple on the high holidays all dressed up and during the service whispered about how everyone looked. They kept kosher only during passover but bought bacon and ham for home eating but wouldn,t eat it at a restuarant! It was ok to get roaring drunk every saturday night but anyone who had a drink alone was a lush!Sheila is hard to take. She admits she,s not a liberated woman and only takes a job for the money. Even her boss sees that right away..Sheila just needs a man for sex,security and love. I can understand her fling with the young doctor but when she has the good luck to get back with her childhood sweetheart she pushes him away because of self loathing over her screwed up daughters death. This would have been the time to feel even closer to him. Then she has some sort of awakening and wants him back! Bill is too good to be true. Why would he put up with her,not in real life!Pat and Betty are nice but nobody has a newborn baby who never cries and requires very little care. The first few months are always hectic for new parents. They are supposed to have a very limited income but have a cleaning woman to be replaced by a nurse when Betty returns to her low paying job..i know from experience that a nurse is very expensive even in 1974.What would have happened if Bill didn,t take Sheila back..well I guess this book wouldn,t have been written!
Reviewer: diva20
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: haven't read it yet
Reviewer: Audrey Simpson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good thank you