Дом Евы

Annotat͡sii͡a k knige "Dom Evy" Dzhonson S.:Rubi i Ėlinor skhozhi temnym t͡svetom kozhi, obai͡aniem, prirodnym umom i otchai͡annym stremleniem poluchitʹ obrazovanie i sdelatʹ karʹeru. Tolʹko Rubi pytaetsi͡a vyrvatʹsi͡a iz otkrovennoĭ nishchety i mechtaet o kolledzhe, a Ėlinor, studentka Universiteta Govarda, gotovai͡a sutkami rabotatʹ v biblioteke rodnogo uchebnogo zavedenii͡a, reshaet zadachku poslozhnee: kak prosochitʹsi͡a v ėlitnye krugi Vashingtona. Odnako sudʹby Rubi i Ėlinor peresekai͡utsi͡a samym neozhidannym obrazom v "Dome Evy", prii͡ute dli͡a nezamuzhnikh matereĭ, kogda obe devushki vli͡ubli͡ai͡utsi͡a v "nepodkhodi͡ashchikh muzhchin": vedʹ po mnenii͡u amerikanskogo obshchestva 1950-kh godov nebogatye temnokozhie devushki ne imei͡ut prava posi͡agatʹ na belykh… Okazavshisʹ v bezvykhodnoĭ situat͡sii, obe geroini vynuzhdeny prini͡atʹ sudʹbonosnye reshenii͡a… Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Summary of the book "Eve's House" by Johnson S.:Ruby and Eleanor are similar in their dark skin color, charm, natural intelligence and desperate desire to get an education and make a career. Only Ruby is trying to escape from outright poverty and dreams of college, and Eleanor, a student at Howard University, ready to work for days in the library of her native educational institution, solves a more difficult task: how to infiltrate Washington's elite circles. However, the destinies of Ruby and Elinor intersect in the most unexpected way in the "House of Eve", a shelter for unmarried mothers, when both girls fall in love with "unsuitable men": after all, according to the American society of the 1950s, poor black girls have no right to encroach on whites… Finding themselves in a desperate situation, both heroines are forced to make fateful decisions… Read more…