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Book Reviews of Girls in Their Married Bliss (Country Girls, Bk 3)

Girls in Their Married Bliss (Country Girls, Bk 3)
Girls in Their Married Bliss - Country Girls, Bk 3
Author: Edna O'Brien
ISBN-13: 9780140026498
ISBN-10: 0140026495
Publication Date: 11/30/1975
Pages: 160
Rating:
  • Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
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1.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Penguin in association with Jonathan Cape
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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Well, I have finished the story of the two friends: Baba and Kate. In my estimation it was a poor final installment. Kate's marriage falls apart and her husband abscounds with their son, Cash. She decides to let it all go but later decides to fight for custody which she wins. Baba has a one night stand with a musician and becomes pregnant. While her husband, Frank, is furious he decides to claim the child as his own. Baba's on-again, off-again marriage stabilizes with the birth of Tracy, an independent daughter who is adored by Frank.

The relationship between the two friends is strange. Kate is needy and leans on Baba for help again and again throughout her life. Baba is cynical and while she is there for Kate, often resents this role. The only winner seems to be Cash who left for America to attend Harvard.