“I read Virginia’s novel in one sitting and was so captured by it I knew I had to make it and play Mrs. March. As a character, she is fascinating, complex, and deeply human and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into her.” ―Elisabeth MossOprah Daily • Best Books of the YearNew York Times Book Review • Editors’ ChoiceUSA Today • Books Not to Miss Who is Mrs. March?George March’s latest novel is a smash. No one could be prouder than his dutiful wife, Mrs. March, who revels in his accolades. A careful creature of routine and decorum, she lives a precariously controlled existence on the Upper East Side until one morning, when the shopkeeper of her favorite patisserie suggests that her husband’s latest protagonist―a detestable character named Johanna―is based on Mrs. March herself. Clutching her ostrich leather pocketbook and mint-colored gloves, she flees the shop. What could have merited this humiliation?That one casual remark robs Mrs. March of the belief that she knew everything about her husband―and herself―thus sending her on an increasingly paranoid journey that begins within the pages of a book. While snooping in George’s office, Mrs. March finds a newspaper clipping about a missing woman. Did George have anything to do with her disappearance? He’s been going on a lot of “hunting trips” up north with his editor lately, leaving Mrs. March all alone at night with her tormented thoughts, and the cockroaches that have suddenly started to appear, and strange breathing noises . . . As she begins to decode her husband’s secrets, her deafening anxiety and fierce determination threaten everyone in her wake―including her stoic housekeeper, Martha, and her unobtrusive son, Jonathan, whom she loves so profoundly, when she remembers to love him at all. Combining a Hitchcockian sensibility with wickedly dark humor, Virginia Feito, a brilliantly talented and, at times, mischievous newcomer, offers a razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity. A mesmerizing novel of psychological suspense and casebook insecurity turned full-blown neurosis, Mrs. March will have you second-guessing your own seemingly familiar reflection in the mirror.
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Mrs. March: A Novel
“I read Virginia’s novel in one sitting and was so captured by it I knew I had to make it and play Mrs. March. As a character, she is fascinating, complex, and deeply human and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into her.” ―Elisabeth MossOprah Daily • Best Books of the YearNew York Times Book Review • Editors’ ChoiceUSA Today • Books Not to Miss Who is Mrs. March?George March’s latest novel is a smash. No one could be prouder than his dutiful wife, Mrs. March, who revels in his accolades. A careful creature of routine and decorum, she lives a precariously controlled existence on the Upper East Side until one morning, when the shopkeeper of her favorite patisserie suggests that her husband’s latest protagonist―a detestable character named Johanna―is based on Mrs. March herself. Clutching her ostrich leather pocketbook and mint-colored gloves, she flees the shop. What could have merited this humiliation?That one casual remark robs Mrs. March of the belief that she knew everything about her husband―and herself―thus sending her on an increasingly paranoid journey that begins within the pages of a book. While snooping in George’s office, Mrs. March finds a newspaper clipping about a missing woman. Did George have anything to do with her disappearance? He’s been going on a lot of “hunting trips” up north with his editor lately, leaving Mrs. March all alone at night with her tormented thoughts, and the cockroaches that have suddenly started to appear, and strange breathing noises . . . As she begins to decode her husband’s secrets, her deafening anxiety and fierce determination threaten everyone in her wake―including her stoic housekeeper, Martha, and her unobtrusive son, Jonathan, whom she loves so profoundly, when she remembers to love him at all. Combining a Hitchcockian sensibility with wickedly dark humor, Virginia Feito, a brilliantly talented and, at times, mischievous newcomer, offers a razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity. A mesmerizing novel of psychological suspense and casebook insecurity turned full-blown neurosis, Mrs. March will have you second-guessing your own seemingly familiar reflection in the mirror.
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Actual rating is 2.5 stars—it was an okay read and I liked it well enough. The writing style is tasty to keep me reading through to the end; I understand the themes (disassociation from life as a woman, unprocessed childhood trauma, parental neglect, inability to understand feelings thus manifesting in projection to the point of hallucination) and how vital they are, but the gradual descent from sanity became tedious. Possibly unrelated but: in one scene, Mrs. March asks George if lamb chops are okay for dinner. This brought to mind one of Roald Dahl's short stories, "Lamb to the Slaughter". I wanted to refresh my memory of the story so I looked it up and what do you know, Alfred Hitchcock did an episode on it for <i>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</i>. I'm starting to think this isn't a coincidence at all, seeing as <i>Mrs. March</i> (the novel) is oft described as "Hitchcockian". I'm tripping out a bit by all this allusion in my life lately.
Funfact: Ich dachte im ersten Moment es würde um die Mutter der March Schwestern aus Little Women gehen *gg* Streng genommen wird das Buch total oft als Thriller eingeteilt... und aus irgendwelchen Gründen als Gothic Novel... Keine Ahnung wie da jemand drauf kam. Aber gut *gg* Ich persönlich würde sagen es ist einfach ein psychogram des Wahnsinns. Oder so. Und obwohl es kein Thriller ist und sehr viel normales Alltagsleben geschildert wird, das man halt so hat, wenn man zu Hause lebt und tagsüber eben so Sachen wie Haushalt und Einkäufe erledigt. Hi und da mal eine Feier vorbereitet. Aber auch das Privileg hat, eine Haushälterin zu beschäftigen. Das alles ist aber meiner Meinung nach sehr gut geschrieben und auch sehr realistisch. Man ist mitten in Mrs. March Leben und erlebt mit, wie sie langsam aber sicher psychisch immer mehr abrutscht. Dieser Prozess ist total glaubwürdig geschildert und man versteht weshalb er überhaupt in Gang gesetzt wird. Vieles von dem was dann geschieht kann nur deshalb passieren, da Mrs. March letztendlich eine ziemlich einsame Frau ist. Auch wenn man vielem nicht so ganz vertrauen kann, da man alles nur aus ihrem Blickwinkel erlebt, kann man sich schon ausmalen, das es schwer fällt sie zu mögen. Es fällt ihr nämlich im Umkehrschluss auch schwer, zu wissen wie man sich Menschen gegenüber verhält. Ihre Gedanken sind auch im Großen Und Ganzen sehr negativ. Ich persönlich mochte sie tatsächlich auch nicht :lachen: gleichzeitig tat sie mir auch leid, denn es ist eigentlich offensichtlich das sie dringend Hilfe bräuchte. Aber sie selbst ist nicht in der Lade dies zu erkennen und ihr Ehemann ist sowieso mehr mit sich und seinen Bewunderern beschäftigt. Mrs. March kann ehrlicher weise gar nicht erkennen ,das ihr Leben in eine Schieflage gerät, da ihre Wahrnehmung ziemlich verzerrt ist. Ich fand es an vielen Stellen schön bitterböse und das gefiel mir sehr gut - obwohl es an sich keine dieser schwarzen Komödien ist. Aber ich fand es war einfach richtig gut. Diese psychischen Abgründe und der Strudel in den die Protagonistin gerissen wird. Obwohl man sehr schnell erahnt worauf das ganze hinauslaufen wird... Ich wollte unbedingt wissen, wie der Weg dorthin noch verlaufen wird :breitgrins: Tatsächlich hätte das Ganze sogar die volle Sternenanzahl bekommen, wenn es nicht an mancher Stelle so vorhersehbar gewesen wäre. So lande ich aber immerhin trotzdem bei fast sehr gut^^ Wer wissen möchte was es mit den Handschuhen auf sich hat, der möge also zugreifen *g* (und auch wenn es jetzt nicht das schönste Cover der Welt ist - es ist richtig gut ausgewählt und hat tatsächlich mit dem Inhalt zu tun. )