Beyond His Control: Memories of a Disobedient Daughter
by Linda Hale Bucklin
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Author: Linda Hale BucklinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-14
ISBN: 1932717129
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Hope Publishing House
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Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, this book's sentences are for the most part structured the same way, i.e., "Used to a strong woman, my father looked for a wife who could protect him." That seems incorrect, but I cannot find the rule govering the use of "my father" or "my mother" or "my governess." In the second place, this book is not so much about memories and how those memories relate to making up who Linda Hale Bucklin is, it is more about the facts of this family's life: the mother's death, the other woman, the lawsuits, the paintings. And, in the third place, after having read the book, I felt put off by The Very Reverend Alan Jones' remarks in the Foreward praising the author for having examined her soul. From my own point of view, this has not been done; there is no indication of who Linda Bucklin really is. My impression is that the author is still very testy about the outcome of events in her life. She gave the step-mother from hell a lot of space, and the ending where she realized just how afraid her father had been didn't really have much impact. It would be a lot more interesting if someone took the time to look into exactly what happened to her birth mother.
Summary of Beyond His Control: Memories of a Disobedient Daughter
When Linda's mother died on March 25, 1969, an apparent suicide, nothing of Linda's staid world remained the same. Her father, the scion of a wealthy San Francisco family, already enamored with Denise Minnelli, fell into her control. Denise managed to estrange him from his family and end up the sole heir of his estate. Linda recounts here her pilgrimage of gradually learning to stand up for herself and make peace with her history.General Books
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