"There is something everyone can relate to..."--Shari Vargo, Editorial Assistant/Reviewer "Realistic, bittersweet and extreme..."--Sandi Fisher, Carson City Reviewer "Chocolates for Bridget"--a retired romance writer helps her live in maid face extraordinary lessons of being loved, being broken and being wrong. In search of a new ending, Bridget Cherry and her wealthy employer Melinda Katy, revisit a promiscuous past built on diverse men, enticing nightlife, unexpected crime and heartfelt tragedy. What they discover will change them forever... "The Seventeen Pound Truffle"--all work and no play, attorney Liz Farr, is taught the value of strangers when cancer disrupts her scheduled lifestyle...
Sixteen year old Bridget Casey likes to fantasize when she's alone. It's the only way to distract herself from her life with a mother on the verge of offing herself, an absentee father in pursuit of his big break as a movie director, and three siblings who hardly notice anything wrong. So when she starts having super cool flying dreams, with a mysterious -yet familiar- man, she can't wait to have even more celestial rendezvous. That is, until she realizes who he is...and what he wants from her.
'Bridget' was the Irish immigrant service girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliche: the young girl who wreaks havoc in middle-class American homes. Now, in the first book-length treatment of the topic, Margaret Lynch-Brennan tells the real story of such Irish domestic servants, often in their own words, providing a richly detailed portrait of their lives and experiences. Many of the socially marginalized Irish immigrant women of this era made their living in domestic service. In contrast to immigrant men, who might have lived in a community with their fellow Irish, these women lived and worked in close contact with American families. Lynch-Brennan reveals the essential role this unique relationship played in shaping the place of the Irish in America today. Such women were instrumental in making the Irish presence more acceptable to earlier established American groups. At the same time, it was through the experience of domestic service that many Irish were acculturated, as these women absorbed the middle-class values of their patrons and passed them on to their own children. Drawing on personal correspondence and other primary sources, Lynch-Brennan gives voice to these young Irish women and celebrates their untold contribution to the ethnic history of the United States. In addition, recognizing the interest of scholars in contemporary domestic services, she devotes one chapter to comparing 'Bridget's' experience to that of other ethnic women over time in domestic service in America.
Bridget"" was the Irish immigrant service girl who worked in American homes from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth. She is widely known as a pop culture cliché: the young girl who wreaks havoc in middle-class American homes. Now, in the first book-length treatment of the topic, Margaret Lynch-Brennan tells the real story of such Irish domestic servants, often in their own words, providing a richly detailed portrait of their lives and experiences. Many of the socially marginalised Irish immigrant women of this era made their living in domestic service. In contrast to immigrant men, who might have lived in a community with their fellow Irish, these women lived and worked in close contact with American families. Lynch-Brennan reveals the essential role this unique relationship played in shaping the place of the Irish in America today. Such women were instrumental in making the Irish presence more acceptable to earlier established American groups. At the same time, it was through the experience of domestic service that many Irish were acculturated, as these women absorbed the middle-class values of their patrons and passed them on to their own children. Drawing on personal correspondence and other primary sources, Lynch-Brennan gives voice to these young Irish women and celebrates their untold contribution to the ethnic history of the United States. In addition, recognising the interest of scholars in contemporary domestic services, she devotes one chapter to comparing ""Bridget’s"" experience to that of other ethnic women over time in domestic service in America.
This book symbolically denotes a beautiful butterfly undergoing a spiritual transformation. Learning lessons, allowing room for improvement, and becoming who GOD created you to be. The highest form of GOD's creation is through Christ Jesus. Transformation is an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed. Transformation starts internally and expands externally.
Meet Jane and Bridget.They invite you to a cat's eye view of prepositions; a world full of things to do, but mostly of soft, squishy places to sleep.Prepositions are words we use to tell the position or relationship of words in a sentence. They can show direction - as in toward and past; location - as in under, in, on, and next to; or time - as in during, before, and since. This book is a fun way for children to learn about prepositions, and will increase their vocabulary as well as help them learn how prepositions work in proper sentence structure. Perfect for homeschool and classroom learning instruction.Perfect for cat lovers, too
the Saga of Bridget and Amanda' brings the descendants of my heroins up through and to the Revolutionary war where many historical characters risk everything to bring freedom to the American people. You will not want to miss the excitement.
This book is a historical novel in which my two heroines blend into the lives of many actual historical women who did heroic things to help America starting with the Pilgrims and covering many years of history and progress, overcoming many conflicts.
"a fascinating novel with well-drawn...stoic and determined heroines..."In this, the first of four volumes, Carole Love-Forbes introduces us to those prominent women in American history... that we never knew. From herfascination with the women behind, beside and around the shakers and movers of early American life from the earliest colonies to the RevolutionaryWar emerged the Saga of Bridget and Amanda. Her research changed her view and understanding of American history. Being a fan of stories about kings and queens, she thought American history would be boring. She admits to the contrary. Her newfound infatuation with the women whose untold stories and unsung heroism meant their lives needed to be brought to light. Their dramatic life adventures, though rarely acknowledged, helped shape this nation. Enjoy the rich tapestry Carole Love-Forbes, weaves from the interesting and varied characters that populate the villages, towns, ports and seagoing vessels in this saga.
"a fascinating novel with well-drawn...stoic and determined heroines..."In this, the first of four volumes, Carole Love-Forbes introduces us to those prominent women in American history... that we never knew. From herfascination with the women behind, beside and around the shakers and movers of early American life from the earliest colonies to the RevolutionaryWar emerged the Saga of Bridget and Amanda. Her research changed her view and understanding of American history. Being a fan of stories about kings and queens, she thought American history would be boring. She admits to the contrary. Her newfound infatuation with the women whose untold stories and unsung heroism meant their lives needed to be brought to light. Their dramatic life adventures, though rarely acknowledged, helped shape this nation. Enjoy the rich tapestry Carole Love-Forbes, weaves from the interesting and varied characters that populate the villages, towns, ports and seagoing vessels in this saga.
British history is steeped in fairy tales, superstitions and fairy lore, and this revisited edition of Bennett's original work looks in depth at some of the strange sightings of fairies and fairy-like creatures that have been believed to exist over the centuries around the British Isles. Bennett also looks into the case of Bridget Cleary - the last "witch" burned in Ireland, who was actually believed to have been a fairy changeling. Welcome to a world of superstition, lore and all things fairy.
In 1895 twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first, some said that the fairies had taken her into their stronghold in a nearby hill, from where she would emerge, riding a white horse. But then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave.
