{"id":2147433806,"date":"2021-01-19T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/?p=2147433806"},"modified":"2023-03-06T11:28:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T09:28:25","slug":"boktips-bocker-som-utspelar-sig-pa-60-talet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/19\/boktips-bocker-som-utspelar-sig-pa-60-talet\/","title":{"rendered":"Boktips: B\u00f6cker som utspelar sig p\u00e5 1960-talet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jag har alltid haft en f\u00f6rk\u00e4rlek till 1960-talet, det b\u00f6rjade redan som 11-\u00e5ring n\u00e4r jag fick ett infall att g\u00f6ra ett f\u00f6redrag om 60-talet i skolan.  <br>I bokv\u00e4g tycker jag det \u00e4r roligt att sn\u00f6a in mig p\u00e5 n\u00e5gon specifik tidsperiod, \u00e5rstid eller tema, s\u00e5 varf\u00f6r inte sammanfatta lite b\u00f6cker som utspelar sig p\u00e5 60-talet? <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433807\" width=\"217\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/niceville.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Niceville (The Help) av Kathryn Stockett, 2009.<\/strong> Jag har bara sett filmen men vill absolut l\u00e4sa den h\u00e4r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>N\u00e4r societetsflickan Skeeter \u00e5terv\u00e4nder till hemstaden Jackson i Mississippi efter avslutade universitetsstudier, faller hon tillbaka i sitt gamla liv med bridgespel, tennis och v\u00e4lg\u00f6renhetsbaler. Men n\u00e5got hos henne har f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrats; hon vill mer och ser nu annorlunda p\u00e5 tillvaron. Hon dr\u00f6mmer om att bli f\u00f6rfattare och f\u00e5r s\u00e5 sm\u00e5ningom ett jobb p\u00e5 lokaltidningen.Genom sitt arbete f\u00e5r hon kontakt med den svarta hemhj\u00e4lpen Aibileen, som har f\u00f6rlorat sin ende son men uppfostrat och \u00e4lskat sjutton vita barn. Deras m\u00f6te blir b\u00f6rjan p\u00e5 en udda och ocks\u00e5 farlig v\u00e4nskap. Tillsammans med en annan svart hemhj\u00e4lp \u2013 den egensinniga och smarta Minny \u2013 best\u00e4mmer sig Skeeter och Aibileen f\u00f6r att skriva en bok som skildrar verkligheten i staden som de kallar Niceville. De skriver om hur de svarta har f\u00f6rnedrats och diskriminerats. Men ocks\u00e5 om deras dr\u00f6mmar, l\u00e4ngtan och hopp. Arbetet med boken kommer att f\u00f6r\u00e4ndra deras liv f\u00f6r all framtid.Niceville \u00e4r en l\u00e4supplevelse ut\u00f6ver det vanliga \u2013 en blivande klassiker om kvinnlig v\u00e4nskap, mod och k\u00e4rlekens kraft.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/221111963-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433809\" width=\"223\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/221111963-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/221111963-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/221111963-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/221111963-1011x1536.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/221111963.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>22\/11\/1963 av Stephen King, 2011<\/strong>. Det b\u00e4sta jag l\u00e4st av King och en av mina starkaste l\u00e4supplevelser. Recension finns <a href=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/27\/2018_june_2211-1963-stephen-king\/\">h\u00e4r<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Engelskl\u00e4raren Jake Epping f\u00e5r ett m\u00e4rkligt uppdrag. En d\u00f6ende v\u00e4n har hittat en port till det f\u00f6rflutna p\u00e5 lagret till sin servering. Kliver man ut p\u00e5 andra sidan \u00e4r klockan 11.58 den nionde september 1958. Varje g\u00e5ng.Det uppdrag Jake f\u00e5r best\u00e5r i att f\u00f6rhindra mordet p\u00e5 Kennedy, eftersom v\u00e4nnen har h\u00e4rlett n\u00e4stan allt ont som drabbat v\u00e4rlden till just den h\u00e4ndelsen.Efter en &#8221;provtur&#8221; accepterar Jake. Men han har en egen plan ocks\u00e5: att f\u00f6rhindra en familjetragedi som f\u00f6rst\u00f6rt livet f\u00f6r en av hans vuxenelever. N\u00e4r det \u00e4r gjort ska han l\u00e5ngsamt s\u00f6ka sig till Dallas och vara p\u00e5 r\u00e4tt plats vid exakt r\u00e4tt tillf\u00e4lle den tjugoandra november 1963. Men det \u00e4r som om sj\u00e4lva tillvaron bjuder motst\u00e5nd \u00e4ven mot de minsta f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar, och l\u00e4gger ov\u00e4ntat m\u00e5nga hinder i v\u00e4gen. Kommer han att hinna fram i tid? Eller m\u00e5ste han \u00e5terv\u00e4nda till lagret i v\u00e5r egen tid, kliva ut i 1958 och leva ytterligare fem \u00e5r i v\u00e4ntan p\u00e5 att fullg\u00f6ra sin uppgift? Och vad h\u00e4nder med v\u00e5r egen tid om Jake lyckas &#8211; blir den vad den d\u00f6ende v\u00e4nnen dr\u00f6mt om?Stephen King lyckas skapa en enast\u00e5ende n\u00e4rvarok\u00e4nsla \u00e4ven i de mest dr\u00f6mska och fasansfulla milj\u00f6er. 22\/11 1963 \u00e4r inget undantag. Den \u00e4r en tidsresa tecknad med en s\u00e5dan sk\u00e4rpa att man k\u00e4nner precis hur en root beer ska smaka 1958, och med en fantasirikedom som ger en svindel. B\u00e5de av det behagliga och obehagliga slaget.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433811\" width=\"249\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees-1326x2048.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Secret-Life-of-Bees.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The Secret Life of Bees (svenska: Honungsbiets hemliga liv), Sue Monk Kidd, 2001<\/strong>. Jag l\u00e4ser den h\u00e4r f\u00f6r tillf\u00e4llet och tycker den \u00e4r otroligt bra. Finns tyv\u00e4rr inte i tryck p\u00e5 svenska f\u00f6r tillf\u00e4llet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily&#8217;s fierce-hearted black &#8221;stand-in mother,&#8221; Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina&#8211;a town that holds the secret to her mother&#8217;s past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/glaskupan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433812\" width=\"237\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/glaskupan.jpg 280w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/glaskupan-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Glaskupan (The Bell Jar) av Sylvia Plath, 1963. <\/strong> Jag l\u00e4ste den h\u00e4r f\u00f6rra \u00e5ret (har visst gl\u00f6mt att recensera den) men tyv\u00e4rr var den inte i min smak. Jag vet att m\u00e5nga \u00e4lskar den h\u00e4r, s\u00e5 ge den en chans. Den enda romanen som Plath gav ut och tragiskt nog tog sitt liv kort efter utgivningen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00c5r 1953 vinner 19-\u00e5riga Esther Greenwood en t\u00e4vling d\u00e4r priset \u00e4r en m\u00e5nads vistelse i New York i en damtidnings regi. Den unga flickan ser klar\u00f6gt p\u00e5 den mond\u00e4na v\u00e4rld hon hamnar i och beskriver tr\u00e4ffande de evenemang hon f\u00e5r bevista och de m\u00e4nniskor hon m\u00f6ter. Hemkomsten till det sommarvarma Boston blir en chock. Esther f\u00e5r veta att hon inte har kommit in p\u00e5 den f\u00f6rfattarkurs hon s\u00f6kt till. Hon g\u00f6r ett sj\u00e4lvmordsf\u00f6rs\u00f6k och f\u00f6rs till mentalsjukhus. En l\u00e5ng kamp mellan hennes framg\u00e5ngsrika dagsljusjag och hennes \u00e5ngestfyllda nattjag har b\u00f6rjat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/underbarakvinnorvidvatten.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433813\" width=\"222\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/underbarakvinnorvidvatten.jpg 296w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/underbarakvinnorvidvatten-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Underbara kvinnor vid vatten av Monika Fagerholm, 1994. <\/strong>Jag l\u00e4ste den h\u00e4r som 13-14-\u00e5ring och minns ingenting av den efter s\u00e5 h\u00e4r l\u00e5ng tid. Jag vet att jag nu som vuxen skulle uppskatta den p\u00e5 ett helt annat s\u00e4tt. En finlandssvensk klassiker!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Isabella, Kajus och Thomas hyr vita villan i ett sommarparadis. 1962 f\u00e5r de nya grannar: den dag familjen \u00c4ngel dyker upp i en vit Chevrolet Chevelle f\u00f6r\u00e4ndras allting i deras sommarv\u00e4rld. Rosa \u00c4ngel och Isabella blir strandkvinnor i rosa och gult med solglas\u00f6gon och transistorradio p\u00e5 filtar vid vattnet; tillsammans liknar de Elizabeth Taylor och Jacqueline Kennedy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moberg_snartardet1968.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433814\" width=\"191\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moberg_snartardet1968.png 280w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Moberg_snartardet1968-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Snart \u00e4r det 1968 av \u00c5sa Moberg, 1984. <\/strong>Inte min favorit men jag tycker den skildrade p\u00e5 ett bra s\u00e4tt skildrade feminism i 60-talets Sverige.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00c4ntligen har Nina Broman brutit med sin familj. Hon bor i en etta i Solna, \u00e4r engagerad i FNL-grupperna och har precis f\u00e5tt praktikplats p\u00e5 den nystartade modefirman<br>Lao-Tse. Kl\u00e4derna som ritas av de tre kvinnorna symboliserar allt det som Nina Broman l\u00e4ngtar efter: frihet, konst, sex och, mest av allt, en ny tid.<br><br>\u00c5sa Mobergs roman Snart \u00e4r det 1968 \u00e4r en tidskapsel som p\u00e5 ett h\u00e4pnadsv\u00e4ckande s\u00e4tt tar oss tillbaka till det ikoniska \u00e5ret: dess st\u00e4mningar och dr\u00f6mmar, dess inst\u00e4ngdhet och m\u00f6rker. Nina Bromans radikala krets av kulturarbetare och aktivister har tagit sig an uppgiften att befria det arbetande folket. Men bland Nina och hennes v\u00e4ninnor, vem \u00e4r egentligen ofri?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/enhalvgulsol.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433816\" width=\"208\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/enhalvgulsol.jpg 280w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/enhalvgulsol-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>En halv gul sol (Half of a Yellow Sun) av Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2006. <\/strong>En bok som fortfarande syns \u00f6verallt trots att det b\u00f6rjar vara ett tag sedan den kom ut. Den skildrar ett tvillingpar som m\u00f6ter det nigerianska inb\u00f6rdeskriget 1967-1970.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Olanna och Kainene \u00e4r s\u00e5 olika som tv\u00e5 tvillingsystrar kan bli. Olanna har \u00e4rvt sin moders mjuka kvinnliga sk\u00f6nhet och hon g\u00f6r sig till v\u00e4n med alla. Kainene \u00e4r sluten och h\u00e5rd och best\u00e4mmer sig tidigt f\u00f6r att g\u00e5 i sin v\u00e4lbest\u00e4llda faders fotsp\u00e5r och bli aff\u00e4rskvinna. Hon m\u00f6ter engelsmannen Richard som blir blixtf\u00f6r\u00e4lskad i henne men hon funderar inte ett \u00f6gonblick p\u00e5 att bilda familj till skillnad fr\u00e5n Olanna som flyttar ihop med sin stora k\u00e4rlek, den politiskt engagerade Odenigbo och f\u00e5r en dotter, Baby.<br><br>Hos Odenigbo m\u00f6ter vi ocks\u00e5 hans unge tj\u00e4nare Ugwu, en fattig pojke fr\u00e5n landet som i tidig \u00e5lder visar att han har huvudet p\u00e5 skaft och behandlas som en i familjen.<br><br>Men det \u00e4r sv\u00e5ra tider i Nigeria \u00e4ven f\u00f6r de privilegierade och n\u00e4r kriget bryter ut blir de alla offer f\u00f6r fruktansv\u00e4rda h\u00e4ndelser som sliter s\u00f6nder deras liv. Hem och familj splittras, Ugwu blir tillf\u00e5ngatagen och tvingad att g\u00e5 ut i strid, Olanna och Richard s\u00f6ker tr\u00f6st hos varandra och ideal och lojalitet testas och f\u00f6rskjuts f\u00f6r alltid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/darkraftornasjunger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433722\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>D\u00e4r kr\u00e4ftorna sjunger<\/strong> <strong>(Where the Crawdads sing) av Delia Owens, 2018<\/strong>.<strong> <\/strong>Vinnare av \u00c5rets bok i Sverige 2020, en b\u00e4sts\u00e4ljare i otaliga l\u00e4nder och jag st\u00e4mmer in i hyllningsk\u00f6ren. Recension finns <a href=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/25\/dar-kraftorna-sjunger-delia-owens\/\">h\u00e4r. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>En of\u00f6rgl\u00f6mlig ber\u00e4ttelse om naturens krafter och ensamhetens pris.<br><br>Kya Clark lever ensam och i samspel med naturen utanf\u00f6r en liten stad vid North Carolinas kust. Byborna kallar henne &#8221;Tr\u00e4skflickan&#8221; och har i m\u00e5nga \u00e5r spridit elaka rykten om henne. N\u00e4r en stilig quarterback hittas d\u00f6d i v\u00e5tmarken blir hon d\u00e4rf\u00f6r omedelbart misst\u00e4nkt och en mordutredning inleds. Men Kya \u00e4r l\u00e5ngt ifr\u00e5n den obildade enst\u00f6ring som alla tror, och snart uppdagas sanningen om hennes liv.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flickorna.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433819\" width=\"226\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flickorna.jpg 250w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flickorna-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Flickorna (The Girls) av Emma Cline, 2016.<\/strong> Den h\u00e4r ska jag l\u00e4gga p\u00e5 min TBR!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00bbDet var skratten som fick mig att titta upp, och flickorna som fick mig att forts\u00e4tta titta.\u00ab<br><br>S\u00e5 b\u00f6rjar Evie Boyds ber\u00e4ttelse om den sommar i Kalifornien 1969 som f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrade allt.<br><br>I b\u00f6rjan av sommaren \u00e4r hon fjorton \u00e5r, uttr\u00e5kad och ot\u00e5lig. Snart m\u00e5ste v\u00e4l allting b\u00f6rja? Pappan har l\u00e4mnat hennes mor f\u00f6r en yngre kvinna och en tyst f\u00f6rtvivlan pr\u00e4glar hemmet.<br><br>Det \u00e4r i parken som Evie f\u00e5r syn p\u00e5 flickorna, en grupp med l\u00e5nga trassliga h\u00e5r och smutsiga kl\u00e4nningar. De rotar i soporna efter mat och har n\u00e5got vilt \u00f6ver sig, men verkar samtidigt fria. N\u00e4r Evie n\u00e5gra dagar senare m\u00f6ter en av dem, Suzanne, f\u00e5r hon f\u00f6lja med till en ranch d\u00e4r den karismatiske Russell lever med sin \u00bbstorfamilj\u00ab, unga kvinnor som verkar g\u00f6ra vad som helst f\u00f6r honom. Evie dras in i Russells trollkrets. F\u00f6rst n\u00e4r hon \u00e4r f\u00f6r l\u00e5ngt in f\u00f6r att kunna backa f\u00f6rst\u00e5r hon att det som h\u00e5ller p\u00e5 att h\u00e4nda \u00e4r n\u00e5gonting fruktansv\u00e4rt, n\u00e5got som kommer att sluta med d\u00f6d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thesecretlifeofvioletgrant.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433821\" width=\"218\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thesecretlifeofvioletgrant.jpg 314w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/thesecretlifeofvioletgrant-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The Secret Life of Violet Grant av Beatriz Williams, 2014.<\/strong> Den st\u00e5r i bokhyllan och v\u00e4ntar p\u00e5 att bli l\u00e4st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the privilege of her storied old Fifth Avenue family to do the unthinkable for a budding Kennedy-era socialite: break into the Mad Men world of razor-stylish Metropolitan magazine. But when she receives a bulky overseas parcel in the mail, the unexpected contents draw her inexorably back into her family\u2019s past, and the hushed-over crime passionnel of an aunt she never knew, whose existence has been wiped from the record of history.<br><br>Berlin, 1914. Violet Schuyler Grant endures her marriage to the philandering and decades-older scientist Dr. Walter Grant for one reason: for all his faults, he provides the necessary support to her liminal position as a young American female physicist in prewar Germany. The arrival of Dr. Grant\u2019s magnetic former student at the beginning of Europe\u2019s fateful summer interrupts this delicate d\u00e9tente. Lionel Richardson, a captain in the British Army, challenges Violet to escape her husband\u2019s perverse hold, and as the world edges into war and Lionel\u2019s shocking true motives become evident, Violet is tempted to take the ultimate step to set herself free and seek a life of her own conviction with a man whose cause is as audacious as her own.<br><br>As the iridescent and fractured Vivian digs deeper into her aunt\u2019s past and the mystery of her ultimate fate, Violet\u2019s story of determination and desire unfolds, shedding light on the darkness of her years abroad . . . and teaching Vivian to reach forward with grace for the ambitious future\u2013\u2013and the love\u2013\u2013she wants most.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"201\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sommaren-pa-park-avenue.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sommaren-pa-park-avenue.jpg 201w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/sommaren-pa-park-avenue-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Sommaren p\u00e5 Park Avenue (Park Avenue Summer) av Ren\u00e9e Rosen, 2019.<\/strong> Den finns p\u00e5 min TBR och den verkar s\u00e5 bra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New York \u00e4r r\u00e4tt stad att befinna sig i f\u00f6r unga kvinnor som Alice Weiss. Det \u00e4r sommar \u00e5r 1965 och Alice flyttar till metropolen f\u00f6r att uppfylla sin egen och sin avlidna mammas dr\u00f6m. Hastigt och ov\u00e4ntat f\u00e5r hon arbete som assistent p\u00e5 magasinet Cosmopolitan, som \u00e4r i stort behov av f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring d\u00e5 upplagorna sjunker.<br><br>Den nya chefredakt\u00f6ren Helen Gurley Brown spelar ett h\u00f6gt och modigt spel f\u00f6r att f\u00e5 tidningen p\u00e5 r\u00e4tt k\u00f6l igen. Trots protester fyller Helen och Alice magasinet med banbrytande artiklar om sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndiga unga kvinnor och sex. Inneh\u00e5llet chockerar i ett samh\u00e4lle d\u00e4r kvinnan f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas bli hemmafru.<br><br>Sommaren p\u00e5 Park Avenue bygger p\u00e5 den verkliga historien om den ikoniska chefredakt\u00f6ren Helen Gurley Brown. Det \u00e4r en dramatisk, intelligent och engagerande ber\u00e4ttelse som utspelar sig i en tid d\u00e5 feminismen \u00e4r p\u00e5 frammarsch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/summerof69.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433826\" width=\"222\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/summerof69.jpg 307w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/summerof69-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer of 69&#8242; av Elin Hilderbrand, 2019.<\/strong> Den h\u00e4r verkar handla om relationer med mycket 60-tals h\u00e4ndelser inbakat. Intressant!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century! It&#8217;s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer with their grandmother in Nantucket: but this year Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, a nursing student, is caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests, a passion which takes her to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard with her best friend, Mary Jo Kopechne. Only son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother who is hiding some secrets of her own. As the summer heats up, Teddy Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, a man flies to the moon, and Jessie experiences some sinking and flying herself, as she grows into her own body and mind.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/summeroflove.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/summeroflove.jpg 250w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/summeroflove-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summer of love: a time travel av Lisa Mason, 1994. <\/strong>Hur har jag missat den h\u00e4r tidigare? En sci-fi twist p\u00e5 att uppleva San Fransisco under &#8221;Summer of love&#8221; 1967. Definitivt n\u00e5got f\u00f6r mig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The year is 1967 and something new is sweeping across America: good vibes, bad vibes, psychedelic music, lab-designed drugs, anti-war protests, racial tension, free love, dropouts, flower children. An age of innocence, a time of danger: The Summer of Love. San Francisco is the Summer of Love: a convergence where American youth seek a New Explanation, music is free in the park, and violence lurks just around the corner. Lost in these strange and wondrous days, teenager Susan Bell, alias Starbright, has run away from the straight suburbs of Cleveland to find her troubled best friend. Her path will cross with Chiron Cat&#8217;s Eye in Draco, a strange and beautiful young man who has journeyed farther than she could ever imagine. With the guidance of Ruby A. Maverick, a feisty half-black, half-white Haight-Ashbury hip merchant, Starbright and Chi will discover a love spanning five centuries. But Chi has traveled across the centuries on a vital mission-nothing less than saving the Universe. He, Starbright, and Ruby must unite to save all of spacetime from demonic entities who crave their annihilation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/whistlingpastthegraveyard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2147433829\" width=\"235\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/whistlingpastthegraveyard.jpg 314w, https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/whistlingpastthegraveyard-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Whistling past the Graveyard av Susan Crandall, 2013. <\/strong>Ber\u00e4ttelsen har liknande element som <em>The Help <\/em>och <em>The Secret Life of Bees<\/em>, ifall man \u00e4r intresserad av amerikanska s\u00f6dern under 60-talet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The summer of 1963 begins like any other for nine-year-old Starla Claudelle. Born to teenage parents in Mississippi, Starla is being raised by a strict paternal grandmother, Mamie, whose worst fear is that Starla will turn out like her mother. Starla hasn\u2019t seen her momma since she was three, but is convinced that her mother will keep her promise to take Starla and her daddy to Nashville, where her mother hopes to become a famous singer\u2014and that one day her family will be whole and perfect.<br><br>When Starla is grounded on the Fourth of July, she sneaks out to see the parade. After getting caught, Starla\u2019s fear that Mamie will make good on her threats and send her to reform school cause her to panic and run away from home. Once out in the country, Starla is offered a ride by a black woman, Eula, who is traveling with a white baby. She happily accepts a ride, with the ultimate goal of reaching her mother in Nashville.<br><br>As the two unlikely companions make their long and sometimes dangerous journey, Starla\u2019s eyes are opened to the harsh realities of 1963 southern segregation. Through talks with Eula, reconnecting with her parents, and encountering a series of surprising misadventures, Starla learns to let go of long-held dreams and realizes family is forged from those who will sacrifice all for you, no matter if bound by blood or by the heart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jag kunde ju ha fortsatt hela kv\u00e4llen men hoppas att ni fick n\u00e5gra tips!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jag har alltid haft en f\u00f6rk\u00e4rlek till 1960-talet, det b\u00f6rjade redan som 11-\u00e5ring n\u00e4r jag fick ett infall att g\u00f6ra ett f\u00f6redrag om 60-talet i skolan. I bokv\u00e4g tycker jag det \u00e4r roligt att sn\u00f6a in mig p\u00e5 n\u00e5gon specifik tidsperiod, \u00e5rstid eller tema, s\u00e5 varf\u00f6r inte sammanfatta lite b\u00f6cker som utspelar sig p\u00e5 60-talet? 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