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Title: Marion Hatley
Author: Beth Castrodale
Narrator: Beth Castrodale
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-10-17
Publisher: Garland Press
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
To escape a big-city scandal, a Depression-era lingerie seamstress flees to the countryside, where she hopes to live and work in peace. Instead, she finds herself unraveling uncomfortable secrets about herself and those closest to her.
In February of 1931, Marion Hatley steps off a train and into the small town of Cooper's Ford, hoping she's left her big-city problems behind. She plans to trade the bustling hubbub of a Pittsburgh lingerie shop for the orderly life of a village schoolteacher. More significantly, she believes she'll be trading her reputation-tainting affair with a married man for the dutiful quiet of tending to her sick aunt. Underpinning her hopes for Cooper's Ford is Marion's dream of bringing the daily, private trials of all corset-wearing women, especially working women, to an end, and a beautiful one at that.
Instead, she confronts new challenges: a mysteriously troubled student; frustrations in attempts to create a truly comfortable corset, and, most daunting, her ailing aunt. Once a virtual stranger to Marion, her aunt holds the key to old secrets whose revelation could change the way Marion sees her family and herself.
As her problems from Pittsburgh threaten to resurface in Cooper's Ford, Marion finds herself racing against time to learn the truth behind these secrets and to get to the bottom of her student's troubles. Meanwhile, Marion forms a bond with a local war veteran. But her past, and his, may be too much to sustain a second chance at happiness.
Members Reviews:
Enjoyable and captivating book. Loved it!
Marion Hatley was such an enjoyable book with great depth and with such richness on so many levels. It is one of those books that throughout the work-day I couldn't wait to get home so I could get back to reading it. All of the characters were very well written, but the title character, Marion Hatley, was strong, complex and multidimensional. Her story was so achingly realistic that as I was reading it, I felt Marion might have been someone I knew or wished I knew. Marion and her story was so engrossing, you felt an immediate connection, sympathy and at times even annoyance and confusion; you know, like a real person. She draws you into her story immediately. The time-period, the place, and the lingerie and work were described with such an authority in that they were all integral parts of the books and as if each--setting, time-period, vocations--each in their own way are strong characters, too. In summary, this is an exceedingly well written book.
Lovely story, beautifully told
I loved this poignant, thought-provoking tale about a flawed and sympathetic heroine. Marion Hatley's struggles--and those of the other women characters who don't fit conveniently into their society's "box"--ring especially true for the time period (early 1930's in a rural town in Pennsylvania), but resonate even today. The descriptions of sewing and Marion's personal style are wonderful.I was rooting for her throughout the story, maybe especially because she doesn't pity herself, or bemoan her unfair circumstances. She gets on with life and graciously brings along those in need of a fresh start, like Marion herself.
Redemption Strong
Marion Hatley reads like Sister Carrie in reverse. Where Dreiser took the girl from the country to the city, Castrodale gives Marion her escape TO the country.
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Title: Marion Hatley
Author: Beth Castrodale
Narrator: Beth Castrodale
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-10-17
Publisher: Garland Press
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
To escape a big-city scandal, a Depression-era lingerie seamstress flees to the countryside, where she hopes to live and work in peace. Instead, she finds herself unraveling uncomfortable secrets about herself and those closest to her.
In February of 1931, Marion Hatley steps off a train and into the small town of Cooper's Ford, hoping she's left her big-city problems behind. She plans to trade the bustling hubbub of a Pittsburgh lingerie shop for the orderly life of a village schoolteacher. More significantly, she believes she'll be trading her reputation-tainting affair with a married man for the dutiful quiet of tending to her sick aunt. Underpinning her hopes for Cooper's Ford is Marion's dream of bringing the daily, private trials of all corset-wearing women, especially working women, to an end, and a beautiful one at that.
Instead, she confronts new challenges: a mysteriously troubled student; frustrations in attempts to create a truly comfortable corset, and, most daunting, her ailing aunt. Once a virtual stranger to Marion, her aunt holds the key to old secrets whose revelation could change the way Marion sees her family and herself.
As her problems from Pittsburgh threaten to resurface in Cooper's Ford, Marion finds herself racing against time to learn the truth behind these secrets and to get to the bottom of her student's troubles. Meanwhile, Marion forms a bond with a local war veteran. But her past, and his, may be too much to sustain a second chance at happiness.
Members Reviews:
Enjoyable and captivating book. Loved it!
Marion Hatley was such an enjoyable book with great depth and with such richness on so many levels. It is one of those books that throughout the work-day I couldn't wait to get home so I could get back to reading it. All of the characters were very well written, but the title character, Marion Hatley, was strong, complex and multidimensional. Her story was so achingly realistic that as I was reading it, I felt Marion might have been someone I knew or wished I knew. Marion and her story was so engrossing, you felt an immediate connection, sympathy and at times even annoyance and confusion; you know, like a real person. She draws you into her story immediately. The time-period, the place, and the lingerie and work were described with such an authority in that they were all integral parts of the books and as if each--setting, time-period, vocations--each in their own way are strong characters, too. In summary, this is an exceedingly well written book.
Lovely story, beautifully told
I loved this poignant, thought-provoking tale about a flawed and sympathetic heroine. Marion Hatley's struggles--and those of the other women characters who don't fit conveniently into their society's "box"--ring especially true for the time period (early 1930's in a rural town in Pennsylvania), but resonate even today. The descriptions of sewing and Marion's personal style are wonderful.I was rooting for her throughout the story, maybe especially because she doesn't pity herself, or bemoan her unfair circumstances. She gets on with life and graciously brings along those in need of a fresh start, like Marion herself.
Redemption Strong
Marion Hatley reads like Sister Carrie in reverse. Where Dreiser took the girl from the country to the city, Castrodale gives Marion her escape TO the country.