An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew | 
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Pearls on the cover
Not the most amazing book, but interesting. Allene Tew was born into a well-off family in rural New York in Victorian times. But she was of the poor relations in the line. Still, she managed to leverage herself to a life well-lived,. She lived through 5 marriages; 3 wars; recessions & the Depression; and on 2 continents. Best of all, she drops 4 years from her age, & no one holds her to it 👑
so-soSo much history, but not as much about the woman herself except that she married into wealth.
There is still an hour and 15 minutes until it's officially Monday, but I'm calling my time for #24B4Monday. I developed a cold or the flu yesterday and I spent most of today sleeping. Hopefully I'll start to feel better soon!
bailedI‘m sure this woman‘s life is interesting but the translation is not so much.
panI just don‘t tend to find rich people who don‘t do a whole lot all that interesting. Much of the book focused on the people around her, and because she married so many times, there were many different people, so I had trouble keeping them all straight. I think the section on WWI was the most interesting to me, and maybe the rise of Hitler and WWII, as well. But that was more interest in the historical times than interest in Allene, herself.
so-soI thought this was pretty “meh”. Allene‘s life was long on tumultuous, but by itself I just don‘t think it warranted a whole book and the author was filling up the gaps with historical and social-life tangents.
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Old age and illness are destroyers of individuality. Just as babies look alike, so do people at the end of their lives.
pickThis was one of the Kindle Book Day free books and was a short life history of the five-times married Allene Tew.
In her postscript the author says that she wanted the book to also be a history of America and a reflection on loss. I‘m not sure it achieved any of these - it was very detached / distant and only skimmed the surface of both the 20th century and Allene‘s part in it.
Still, it was mildly entertaining so for that its a pick....
I got it. It‘s free. Hope it‘s good!
I‘ve been in a slump this week with reading! 😭 work has been crazy and I just can‘t get into anything because all I want to do is not think. Any recommendations to get out of my reading slump?
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Hmm 🤔I wonder what “love‘s disturbing element” might be... 🤣😂🤣 Gotta love the Victorian Era!
Oooh I love her already!!!! #bookquote
My Amazon First Reads book pick for this month! Last month was Hell‘s Princess (just finished - enjoyed it). Now another Princess in the title! #bookquote #amazon #kindle #firstreads
Kindle First Reads - my pick this month.
pickI did enjoy this book about Allene Tew. Her fascinating life (with 5 marriages) offered a great view on the time she lived in...2 world wars, the fall of so many regimes, the crashes at Wall street,...It‘s all there.
Excellent job by Annejet van der Zijl. Book10/275
