{"id":2481,"date":"2017-01-24T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T10:49:13","slug":"lady-husband-amber-reeves-finding-place-mans-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/lady-husband-amber-reeves-finding-place-mans-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lady and Her Husband by Amber Reeves – Finding Your Place in a Man’s World"},"content":{"rendered":"
In A Lady and her Husband<\/em> by Amber Reeves, a middle aged woman decides to go out of her comfort zone to observe the world and learn from it. She looks back at her marriage and home and sees them all in a new light.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mary and John are a happily married middle aged couple with three children- Laura, Trent and Rosemary. They are well off and own a chain of tea shops that serve the best tea in the neighbourhood. The novel starts with a conversation between Mary and her youngest daughter, Rosemary, who tells her that she is engaged and wants to be married. Even though Mary is happy for her daughter, the realisation that her children are going to lead separate lives and no longer need her in an active role vex her. Mary\u2019s husband, John, and Rosemary come to the conclusion that they should offer her something to distract herself. Rosemary, a budding socialist at heart, manages to convince her father to give Mary the responsibility of overseeing the employees who work at their family business – Imperial tea shops. She is excited about her suggestion because she feels \u2013 \u201c\u2026 here would be mother\u2019s chance. She could leave her artificial opulent home and go out into the world, the man\u2019s world that she had never seen. She could touch it, study it, find out her own place and her own value from it.<\/em>”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mary is reluctant and finally she agrees after John persuades her. She hires a secretary, Miss. Percival, to inspect the working conditions of girls who work in their tea houses. As Mary steps out of her sheltered, comfortable life at home and sees the world, plain as it is, she is fascinated. She wants to make a difference and even picks up pamphlets to educate herself on the ways of the world. But as she progresses forward, she is faced with the question whether her opinions matter in a man\u2019s world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nReview<\/h3>\n