I get that this book was written in a different time, but I think one of the main reasons it got so much recognition as a 'seductive mind-blowing ahead of it's time' novel was due to strong-minded women Susann wrote. I kept waiting for her character to come into her own, to realise that she deserves more than what she's given, and become the feminist we all want to read about but it just never happened. I liked Anne during the first half of the book, she was the character who had her head on her shoulders and was the most relateable of the three, yet she was beyond fickle to the point of being annoying. Yet she can't help feeling drawn to the charming English man. A man recently returned from the war who hopes to write a book about his experiences, he is often found with a different woman hanging from his arm and everyone warns good-girl Anne just that. Through her secretarial work, she meets Lyon. She's the classic symbol of the virgin Mary who hasn't yet realised how beautiful she is. So, let's get to it.Īnne is arguably the main focus of the story, she seems to be the orbit and Jennifer and Neely hover around her. I feel the need to review each story separately to give you a more in depth look/review into the novel. Though the three women's lives intertwine, each character gets her own path in this book and through the years we read how each finds herself turning to pills-otherwise known as 'Dolls'-to cope with different aspects of their lives. Basically the Sex And The City of it's time. It was written about three sensual women and not targeted toward men. I haven't ever seen the movie and knew only that it was said to be ahead of it's time and a huge step for women in general. Prior to picking up this novel, I had no idea what the story was actually about. She sends money back to her mother due to the guilt-ridden calls she receives from her, and is usually found hanging off a different man's arm selling her soul for a piece of fame and maybe a mink coat.
Jennifer is the oldest of the three, a woman forced into this life of beauty and perfection in a ditch effort to get herself married, with children, and happy.
Neely is seventeen and waiting for her big break in the entertainment industry, she's sure of herself and refuses to accept less than what she deserves. Anne has recently moved from a small town and has fulfilled her dream of moving to this vast city where she quickly gets employed by a talent agency as their secretary. Anne, Neely, and Jennifer are three young women trying to make it in the dazzling city of New York during the aftermath of WWII.
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