- Paperback
- Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060959673
- ISBN-13: 978-0060959678
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.2 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #464,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Bad,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Ginger Tree (Paperback)
I read this for a book club; I have never seen the pbs version. Throughout the book, I expected greater depth of development of Mary's character. I was disappointed. Mary seemed emotionally shallow and did not realistically respond to the circumstances in which the author placed her. Even her successful profession (clothier/designer) was superficial and focused on the external. Mary never really fully "fit", which was realistic considering her choices, the time period and the culture. There may have been interesting parallels between Richard and Mary's mother, but the author neglected to explore them. It seemed Mary married one to escape the other. I rated this as I did because it was not a struggle to read and there is much for a book club discussion.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Ginger Tree (Paperback)
What a wonderful book - I enjoyed it and have recommended it to friends.
1.0 out of 5 stars
cold, remote, detached and wistful character,
By ThePerfectBook (Grays Harbor, Washington, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ginger Tree (Paperback)
The main character is a woman who is always surprised to find herself the 'victim', but I see no hint that she was coerced into this marriage, I suspect she USED the husband to escape her mother. Her lack of milk for her firstborn is a euphemism for lack of motherly instinct. I believe her suffering at seperation with her child but I do not see a depth and determination a healthy woman would have in such circumstances. She reacts by letting 'fate' lead her, she allows herself to be a kept woman, she grieves, yes, but seems to welcome it in a sick and masochistic way. I kept waiting in vain for her to grow and mature, she growing more only in her fantasy of pretending she was almost Japanese. I think her immersion in couture telling in summing up her character; Only The Exterior Matters. I would not find her a loyal friend, she was shallow , selfish and a disgrace to women, the world revolved around her in her little fantasy world of believing bad things happened to her, lacking emotional depth and mawkishly content to describe herself as "a fallen woman" and "a scarlet woman", how about a tramp?
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