I read Revolutionary Road during my Masters and thought it was brilliant – I bought this in 2011, but had yet to read another Yates since 2009. The Easter parade of the title is a snapshot taken at a moment when it looks like the future will be bright. And she gets instead, of course, a series of wrong men – though each relationship is delineated so carefully and with such realism that we swoop through the hopes and disappointments with her each time. We watch as they grow up – Sarah settles into domesticity, while Emily is keen for education, career, and the right man. And, yes, Emily and Sarah don’t have happy lives – but the way Yates writes the novel is so captivating that it doesn’t feel miserable. That’s the opening paragraph of The Easter Parade, and those first words set you up for what is likely to be a melancholy read. It didn’t work out – very few of her plans for independence ever did – and they left Tenafly after two years, but it was a memorable time for the girls. Their mother, who encouraged both girls to call her ‘Pookie,’ took them out of New York to a rented house in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she thought the schools would be better and where she hoped to launch a career in suburban real estate.
That happened in 1930, when Sarah was nine years old and Emily five.
Neither of the Grimes sisters would have a happy life, and looking back it always seemed that the trouble began with their parents’ divorce. The posts won’t really be reviews, as they’ll almost certainly be too short for that – but let’s see how it goes! The first of my 25 books has been read! And, as with last year, I have inspired by Madame Bibi Lophile‘s Novella A Day in May project, which is drawing to a close.Įvery day, I’ll give a very quick intro to the book, where and why I got hold of it, and a quote. I kept looking at possible novellas to read (ideally ones with names in the title, of course), and finally decided: why am I putting it off?Īnd so I’ve taken the plunge today. Last year I did a reading project – 25 Books in 25 Days (starting here), and I knew that I’d want to repeat it at some point in 2019.
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