Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Irish studies |
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Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
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Contents |
C; Waters-1st paper text_8_2; bc |
Summary |
An evocative tale of coming to womanhood in the disorienting 1960s- a girl in the world of nuns and the Holy Ghost- but on a deeper level, this is a story of a woman who has suffered unimaginable loss and attempts to make sense of that loss by re-imagining her past and her own Irish-American heritage. The first in her family born in the United States, Maureen grew up the Bronx Irish daughter of two unforgettable immigrants: her storytelling, former revolutionary father, and her fierce, IRA-supporting mother. Crossing Higbbridge is framed by the accidental death of Waters's son and her struggle to make sense of this loss by re-imagining her past and her heritage. Her life in postwar New York City was colored by Catholicism and strong cultural links to the other side - by Irish step dancing, the melodies of Thomas Moore, and the rituals, inflections, and harrowing memories impressed on her. Sex was a mystery. Schoolgirls wore below-the-knee blue serge uniforms with starched white collars and cuffs. Brutal treatment at the hands of the hands of the nuns who ran her college drove Waters to transfer to a secular school. Waters rebelled against an upbringing that seemed to wall her off from the 20th century. She left the church, married, divorced, and became a scholar and professor at the City University of New York. Waters follows in the tradition of her father with this vividly humorous and moving story. -- Publisher description |
Notes |
Originally published in 2001 |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 26, 2020) |
Subject |
Waters, Maureen, 1939- -- Childhood and youth
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SUBJECT |
Waters, Maureen, 1939- fast |
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Irish American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Irish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Catholic women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Catholics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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Childhood and youth of a person
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Catholic women
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Catholics
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Irish American women
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Irish Americans
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Manners and customs
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SUBJECT |
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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New York (State) -- New York
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New York (State) -- New York -- Bronx
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780815606291 |
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081560629X |
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