The Motherland

by Gwen Davis

The Motherland is a searing saga of two American families, with unforgettable, unique characters; Evelyn, the audacious, sassy, beautiful daughter of warm-hearted, simple, funny, loving people, who doesn't want to have their kind of life. She runs away from her native Pittsburgh and her boring first husband, and with young daughter in tow, lands Sonny Sterne, a brilliant, sensitive investment banker, who, with his ambitious brother, turns Wall Street on its ear.

An amazing portrait of ambition and passion, by turns comic and touching. And in Evelyn an unlikely heroine, darkly self-involved,but strangely irresistible.

540 pages, Hardcover

First published May 23, 1974

About the author

Gwen Davis was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, journalist and poet.
Davis has written eighteen novels, including the bestseller The Pretenders. She has also written about travel for the Wall Street Journal Europe, for online publications such as the Huffington Post, maintained a popular personal blog, Report from the Front, and a blog reviewing Broadway theater productions, Will Blog for Broadway.

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ingen budskap, ingen klarhet i handling. Introduserer så mange politiske menn som ikke er relevante? Plutselig i siste del av boka får McCarthy (såvidt jeg vet en ekte person) en rolle?
Hvordan er det som skjedde i prologen relevant, hvorfor avbrøyt plutselig di Bonaven begravelsen til Arnold? HVORFOR BRUKE SÅ MYE TID PÅ AT ARNOLD FORLESKER SEG I ET 15 ÅR GAMMELT FRANSKT BARN???? Før hun plutselig forsvinner og blir nevnt kun en gang igjen?
Forfatteren har en bra måte å skrive (ord) på, men boka totalt suger.
Evelyn kunne ha hatt en personlighetsutvikling og blitt et mer uselvisk menneske (etter Pappy døde feks). Det ar hun gir alle pengene sine til Sonny for å redde han økonomisk er vel en start men det er så teit etter min mening??