A review by linddykal
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, by Allan Gurganus
2.0
This book was a huge best seller in the 80's when it came out but I can't see the appeal.
Lucy married a 50 year old confederate war veteran when she was 15. Reading this book. I actually stopped reading and I thought, there was no way a woman wrote this because of the way the character spoke and the internal monologue thought process. So I looked at the author, and sure enough, it was a man. I knew it. It comes across as an ill-informed man writing about the inner workings of the female mind. Sorry, but I think he failed.
Neither Lucy nor her husband are especially appealing characters, and I regret spending so much time with them.
Lucy married a 50 year old confederate war veteran when she was 15. Reading this book. I actually stopped reading and I thought, there was no way a woman wrote this because of the way the character spoke and the internal monologue thought process. So I looked at the author, and sure enough, it was a man. I knew it. It comes across as an ill-informed man writing about the inner workings of the female mind. Sorry, but I think he failed.
Neither Lucy nor her husband are especially appealing characters, and I regret spending so much time with them.