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Reading for hope and change

Two very different heroines represent the morality of their times
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September 1992, no. 144

Marigold by Nancy Cato

New English Library/Hodder & Stoughton, $29.95hb

Rachel Weeping: Winsome Smith

Bell Line Books, $12.95pb

Reading for hope and change

Two very different heroines represent the morality of their times
by
September 1992, no. 144

These two books could stand as period pieces for their times, reflecting rigid moral codes and the limited expectations of women. If we wonder how far we have come towards changing the narrowness of female existence, we have only to compare everything implicit in the expression of the societal mores as depicted here.

Lyn Kirby reviews 'Marigold' by Nancy Cato and 'Rachel Weeping' by Winsome Smith

Marigold

by Nancy Cato

New English Library/Hodder & Stoughton, $29.95hb

Rachel Weeping: Winsome Smith

Bell Line Books, $12.95pb

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