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| CompletelyNovel 2015 |
Marta Rosenbilt is the daughter
of the prominent psychiatrist, Arnold Rosenbilt. Shaped by her father as his
protégé, Marta is quite unconventional for a woman of her time, and in 1927
Vienna, to be unconventional is to incite not just curiosity but also to
attract gossip and innuendo. Encouraged by a family friend, Dr Leopold Kaposi,
to break away from her father’s stifling influence, Marta tries to become more
independent of thought and action. When she has a chance encounter with a young
medical graduate, Elise Salomon, the possibilities of friendship are attractive
to Marta, but it soon becomes evident that Elise has some furtive secrets of
her own.
What the follows is an absorbing
story which looks at the struggle both Marta and Elise had in trying to succeed
professionally. The darkness to the narrative is entirely in keeping with time
and place and adds an authentic touch to the story. The many twists and turns
in the story kept me guessing and I enjoyed reading about the early days of psychiatry,
and the huge struggle that women had, generally, to prosper and thrive in a male dominated world.
It’s obvious from reading the
novel that the author care passionately about writing and has developed her own
unique style of writing. I am sure that this is just the start of a fascinating writing career and I shall watch how this develops with great interest.
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