![]() ![]() But they didn’t understand why her husband was so down-trodden, why Helen was so shy, why Henry has ‘a nervous stomach’, or why Stephen was so very naughty.īut, if Evangeline’s quest for perfection was unsettling for them it was hell for her family. They had to live with her high standards, her quest for perfection, and she was desperately unhappy at the prospect of endless days of drudgery. The members of the Ladies’ Guild were in awe of her, and they knew that, whatever question they had, Evangeline would have the answer. Her house was always immaculate, she was a capable cook, her needlework was flawless, and she had the gift of being to make lovely clothes, and wonderful things for the home, from the simplest materials. The word saw Evangeline as the perfect wife and mother. A family that was unhappy, because both parents were trapped in the roles that society dictated a mother and a father should play. ![]() It is the story of the Knapp family – Evangeline, Lester and their children, Helen, Henry and Stephen. It was published in the 1920s, it is set in small town American, and yet it feels extraordinarily relevant. ![]() The very, very best novels leave me struggling for words, quite unable to capture what it is that makes them so extraordinary. ![]()
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