Shortly after I started this book I thought that Izzy had done the best thing possible to that all-american perfect family home. It is an interesting contrast between the two concepts of free to travel and absorb life anywhere and living in the same regimented manner from birth to death in the community of your ancestors and hoping that your children, who are moulded in your shape, would follow the same path.
The movie makes Mia out to be black but I see her and Pearl as Japanese-American types.
I didn't really like the book, but I was forced to finish it to find out what happened. Did Mia and Pearl ever talk about the abortion? Did Lexie ever tell her mother - I doubt it. And the book is so full of misunderstandings of people. How did Bebe get a ticket to Canton - Not cheap.
As I finished this book I was reminded of a song from long ago 'Little Boxes' https://open.spotify.com/track/4VJrTc5QPr13zgkwxaTjjN?si=b382cc24c03b42da
Marks 5x6, 7 & 5 = 6.
Basic comments are quite enjoyed it, but unmemorable and unrealistic. Thought Mia was selfish in pursuit of 'art'.
Pearl envied the Richardson's stable lifestyle
No sympathies for the adoptive mum of Bebe's baby.
The mothering idea went through the whole book. In some ways it was a comparison of motherhood.
Mia always called her Mrs. Richardson, but as a landlord and employer one would, except maybe in Ohio.
There was noticeably a lack of offialdom in looking after Pearl.
And for Bebe, if you drop through the cracks there is no safety net
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