CAROL CARSON

by Bernadine Bailey ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 23, 1956

A patterned career-romance (with little to recommend it over the general run) takes Carol Carson, a young children's librarian, through six months in Mexico City with the foreign service. In the process of getting her job, learning the ropes and adjusting to a different life, Carol is prey to all the stereotyped emotions the more knowledgeable American girl going abroad is supposed to display and in this way becomes a vehicle for built-in moralizing rather than the heroine of a good story. She hesitates to tell her beau, Alex, a law student, about her job and is delighted when she finds he doesn't object. In Mexico, knowing Spanish, she is able to work well with her colleague, Betty, who came before her, and to have the warm, satisfying experiences with Mexican children to whom she can read and tell stories. But however broad minded and liberal Carol is meant to be, the portrayal of her as such is not convincing; she returns persuaded of the benefits of home rather than enriched by an understanding of Mexico.

Pub Date: July 23, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dodd, Mead

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION