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Lädt ... The Inheritors (1953)von Jane Abbott
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Josh Trevett left an unusual will--leaving his country house to his 2 nieces and nephew to share. Each gets his/her own wing and must live there for 3 months to inherit. The inheritors of the title have little in common, despite being from the same family. Jenny is the old maid schoolteacher, sick of her limited life and too shy to speak up. Hester is more concerned with a convenient place to escape from a social disappointment and sheltering her daughter from "undesirables." Nephew Tommy is in trouble with the law again, but to keep his daughter out of it, he sends her to the farm in his place. So who will stick it out to the end? Will they really be able to get along, stuck in that house together? I enjoyed this book. It is a bit old-fashioned, perhaps, in the restrictive social views of Hester, but the complicated family dynamics are very much what people face today. CMB Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Published in 1953, The Inheritors is the seventh of Jane Abbott's books that I have read, and the first that is intended for adult readers, rather than children or adolescents. Although there were aspects of it that felt rather dated - in particular, the social climbing concerns of Hester - for the most part I thought that the personal and familial issues raised by Abbott in her story felt quite contemporary. Some of the developments were easy to spot - I predicted one of the two romances from the first chapter - but others came as something of a surprise. I fully expected all of the characters to come to a better understanding of themselves and each other, and while for the most part this was true, there were some notable exceptions. Hester never