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A review by yangyvonne
A Cure for Dreams by Kaye Gibbons
4.0
This is a story about 3 generations of women, from the time Lottie O'Cadhain marries Mr. Davies, to the day her daughter, Betty Davies Randolph gives birth to Marjorie Polly Randolph. The book is narrated by Betty in a story fashion with an open and close by Polly, who tells us that Betty died at 69. We see how their life in VA was during the 20's through the Great War and meed the cast of characters that came in and out of their lives on Milk Farm Road.
An interesting way to bring small town life during the Depression to view. Although the characters are mostly under-developed in the 170 pages of this book, you come to hope for the best foray of them and get used to their quirks. A much better book that Ellen Foster - her first novel. I wish the book went on to tell us about Polly's life and whether they ever escaped Lottie and what became of Trudie and her many children.
An interesting way to bring small town life during the Depression to view. Although the characters are mostly under-developed in the 170 pages of this book, you come to hope for the best foray of them and get used to their quirks. A much better book that Ellen Foster - her first novel. I wish the book went on to tell us about Polly's life and whether they ever escaped Lottie and what became of Trudie and her many children.