The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck offered a rare post-WW2 perspective from the point of view of resisters' widows. It was a very mournful novel, allowing the reader to feel somewhat entranced, yet lugubrious within the confines of the castle walls. I cherished the relationship the women and children cultivated, despite the precarious ties that bound them; the fact that some of those ties were stronger than others made it all the more compelling. I also enjoyed witnessing Marianne mature in her role as the maternal figure for the women and children.
All-in-all it was a thought-provoking look at the post-war life of widows and the indifference of many toward the prejudice of the time.
Read 12/17/18
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