Woman repressed, I’d call this. By her own self. Margaret Mayfield, oldest daughter of three, begins life in Missouri in the mid1880s, and is considered by herself and her family to not be a good wife prospect. Too bookish and awkward. And she is not at all put out by this judgement. But then Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early shows up (we later learn how manipulated this set-up was by both moms), and she figures, well, I guess so. He is quite tall and commanding, […]
Could Have Done Better Girl
Private Life by Jane Smiley
