![]() ![]() Even for those who don’t know a thing about the ’20s, though, Martha is a scrappy, amiable narrator, and readers will be just as invested as she is in seeing that all the wrongs in this household are finally righted. ![]() Readers familiar with yellow journalism, the stock market in the late 1920s, or musicians and celebrities of this era will enjoy the numerous period references. ![]() Luckily, Martha’s not easily daunted and she is determined to fix everything, including the problem of the locked-up wife who clearly doesn’t want to be as “sheltered” as her husband says she does. As the daughter of a working-class Irish immigrant in 1928 New York, Martha’s prospects are limited and she’s fortunate to have a good job, but the house is full of weird art, a wife who never leaves her room, and odd secrets. That’s what happens, though, and Martha becomes a maid too in the strange and joyless household where her mother has worked for years. Martha hates Catholic school, but at thirteen she wasn’t ready to be kicked out and to have to get a job. ![]()
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