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The House of Eve
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Nicole Lewis
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
The heartbreaking and instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about the pain and sacrifice of forbidden love, the lengths a mother will go to protect her child, and survival against the odds.
Philadelphia, 1948: Fifteen-year-old Ruby's dreams are almost within reach. She's going to be the first in her family to attend college, despite having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising her only daughter. But falling madly in love with the one boy she is forbidden from threatens to pull Ruby back into poverty and desperation. When she's imprisoned in a home for unwed mothers - locked in the House of Eve with other 'fallen girls' - everything she's worked so hard for starts slipping through her fingers.
Washington, DC, 1948: Eleanor arrives in the city with ambition, hope and a past she's trying her hardest to run from. When she meets William at Howard University, with his inky black eyes and broad shoulders, it's love at first sight. But William hails from one of Washington, DC's elite Black families, who don't let just anyone into their inner circle - especially not a girl from 'the wrong side of the tracks'. Eleanor hopes that a baby will mean they finally accept her, and that her secrets won't see the light of day - but fate has other plans in store...
In the dawn of the 1950s, Ruby and Eleanor are complete strangers - until their paths unexpectedly collide. Forced to make the most heartbreaking decisions of their lives, will their choices save them... or be their undoing?
Fans of Kate Quinn, Lisa Wingate and Kristin Harmel will fall head over heels for this totally gripping and heart-wrenching historical-fiction.
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'Amazing' Reese Witherspoon
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- donna coleman
- 23-12-23
a well woven story
one of very few books that visit put in the category ... to read again
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- Mrs K O'Dowd
- 10-04-24
Gripping story of hope and sorrow
A glimpse into the dangers of old school societal norms of race and religious beliefs.
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- mikki100
- 13-09-23
Disappointing ending but great story overall
I liked it, but I didn't love it. I appreciated the concept and sympathized with the plight. The complexity of black people in the USA in 1940s-1960s, with the added hierarchical concept of the amount of melanin, dictating the doors that open, meant that 'infighting' and condescension was a norm amongst blacks Such was the need to imitate the white man and celebrate when close to his form, that despising and separating from those with darker tones was a norm. This type of mentality helped one to progress and succeed (for a black man).
I was disappointed with the ending. Part of me wanted more, whilst the other celebrated because this was no Hollywood ending and I commend the author for portraying that. Irrespective of that, the ending was rushed and sudden compared to the interwoven lives and contextual characters depicted throughout.
Being born at a time when women were secondary and being black was further down the pecking order, a black woman had a battle from birth none of us can envision nor understand in these modern times. The House of Eve is like peeping through a curtain, giving us just a tiny view.
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- Pawsthevizsla
- 03-03-24
Beautifully written and a great read
I love reading books when I get to learn something about history and culture. This tells the story of two different women who have so much in common and have to navigate the world that is not set up to support them.
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- T
- 27-05-24
Great listen
A gripping story .. well written and full of mixed emotions, heartache, challenges, hope and so much more.
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