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S'està carregant… The Mistress of Pennington's: Can a woman succeed in a man's world? (edició 2018)de Rachel Brimble
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I was immediately drawn to The Mistress of Pennington's when I discovered it was about a department store. I love books about shops. Inspired by The Paradise and Mr Selfridge, this is the story of Pennington's in 1910. Elizabeth Pennington is desperate to be allowed by her domineering father to run Pennington's one day and she is doing all she can to put her mark on it right away. She's in charge of the ladies department but she wants so much more. Elizabeth is a great character. She's feisty and ambitious, but so held back by the times. Women's suffrage is in the background of this novel, and the knowledge that women are slowly coming out of the shadow of men fires Elizabeth to rebel against her father's control. Joseph Carter is probably my favourite character though. He's a glove maker who approaches Pennington's with a view to them taking his gloves for sale. He and Elizabeth hit it off in more ways than one. He's a lovely man, principled, strong, talented, but willing to do all he can for women's rights and one woman's rights in particular. The story is very much focused around Elizabeth and Joseph and I think it would have been nice to have some other characters fleshed out a little more. I'd also have liked more about the running of the store. But that's my personal taste and if you like historical romance then this is most definitely for you, particularly as there is very much a will they/won't they storyline. The Edwardian period is brought to life in this book very well by the author. I loved the details about the clothing that Pennington's sold and the designs. I thought it was a really good read about a potentially trail-blazing woman. I understand there are another three Pennington's books planned and it will be good to see what happens next with Elizabeth, Joseph and hopefully some of the other characters too. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
A compelling tale of female empowerment in Bath's leading department store. Perfect for the fans of the TV series Mr Selfridge and The Paradise. 1910. Elizabeth Pennington should be the rightful heir of Bath's premier department store through her enterprising schemes and dogged hard work. Her father, Edward Pennington believes his daughter lacks the business acumen to run his empire and is resolute a man will succeed him. Determined to break from her father's iron-clad hold and prove she is worthy of inheriting the store, Elizabeth's forms an unlikely alliance with ambitious and charismatic master glove-maker Joseph Carter. United they forge forward to bring Pennington's into a new decade, embracing woman's equality and progression whilst trying not to mix business and pleasure. Can this dream team thwart Edward Pennington's plans for the store? Or will Edward prove himself an unshakeable force who will ultimately ruin both Elizabeth and Joseph? No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Joseph Carter is a glove maker in Bath. He and his father run Carter & Son, making and selling gloves and hats for women. Yet the time of the small, independent shop is passing, the elder Carter is approaching an age where he should be retiring, and Joseph has a vision of making his gloves known, admired, and wanted on a much larger scale. Pennington's is, potentially, the key to that.
Elizabeth has been slowly modernizing and revitalizing the parts of Pennington's that she has control of. When Joseph arrives to pitch his gloves to her, she sees a possible path to her vision, and a potential partner in Joseph. He feels both grief and guilt over the death of his wife, but also misses the partnership he had working with her. The possibility of being more than just another supplier for Pennington's, of working with Elizabeth to achieve both their visions, is enticing, indeed irresistible.
What neither of them knows at first is that there's an old family feud and a terrible tragedy between their families.
The two ambitious and idealistic offspring set out to make real change--even after they learn the terrible past lying between their parents.
This is a really interesting look at the early 20th century, and working women at a time when equality and even the right to vote were radical ideas. Elizabeth and Joseph are both intelligent, interesting characters with impressive but potentially realistic ambitions. Retail shopping is about to change dramatically, and the founding of the current version of Pennington's was merely the first ripple of that. The characters don't know it yet, but World War One is in their future, just a few years away, and in the course of it and in its aftermath, the role of women in British society changed significantly. Joseph may be a little early in wanting a partner in a modern sense, but he's not an anachronism by any means.
It's equally interesting to watch Edward Pennington struggle with both his own rigidity and intolerance, and his real, if confused, feelings for his, from his viewpoint, all too capable and driven daughter. On the other side, Joseph's father, Robert Carter, has to struggle with his own feelings regarding what happened between their two families, both when Joseph and Elizabeth were young children, and before that, before Robert Carter and Edward Pennington where born, when their fathers were first friends, and then business rivals.
It's a rich, interesting, rewarding novel of just over a hundred years ago, and well worth your time.
Recommended.
I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher, and am reviewing it voluntarily. ( )