When I met my girlfriend she was reading this book under the auspice of “re-reading a classic she loved as a kid.” If I hadn’t been at the tale end of a Masters degree at the time I would have immediately picked it up and read it. I love homework. A few months later we were apart for a bit and when I asked her to recommend me some books, she picked a lot of somewhat older books with spitfire protagonist women and I dived […]
Dear God, let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.
Francie Nolan grows up in the tenements of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York in the early years of the 20th Century. The granddaughter of German and Irish immigrants, Francie and her younger brother Neeley (real name Cornelius) grow up dirt poor, but thankfully don’t really realise it until they get older. Their mother, Katie, works hard as a janitress to make sure they have a place to stay and food on the table. Their father, Johnny, is handsome and charming, a gifted singer, and a […]