Lynn M. (officerripley) reviewed The Female Persuasion: A Novel (Random House Large Print) on + 258 more book reviews
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. And it was well-written with very well-developed characters ***except*** for the blue-collar/working class characters who were lightly touched upon (if at all) and when they were, were almost always portrayed as all bad or all useless/helpless. It's ironic: the book makes mention of "white-rich-lady feminism"; annnnd guess what? That's describes the theme of, and almost all of the main characters in, this story. Maybe the author was trying to get that point across, that feminism, to survive, will have to be more inclusive of feminists who are not all white, cis-gender, middle-class or higher; but if so, she needed to give a *lot* more voice (like, any) to the *few* working class characters in this book.
