Our Kind: A Novel in Stories Tapa dura - 2004

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From the award-winning author of "The Gardens of Kyoto" comes this witty and incisive novel about the lives and attitudes of a group of women -- once country-club housewives; today divorced, independent, and breaking the rules.

In "Our Kind," Kate Walbert masterfully conveys the dreams and reality of a group of women who came into the quick rush of adulthood, marriage, and child-bearing during the 1950s. Narrating from the heart of ten companions, Walbert subtly depicts all the anger, disappointment, vulnerability, and pride of her characters: "Years ago we were led down the primrose lane, then abandoned somewhere near the carp pond."

Walbert's writing is quick-witted and wry, just like her characters, but also, in its cumulative effect, moving and sad. "Our Kind" is a brilliant, thought-provoking novel that opens a window into the world of a generation and class of women caught in a cultural limbo.