Maureen Howard Books

"In "Children with Matches," a woman historian discovers that the hard lessons of the past may be a route to responsibility in the present. Her journey is the personal history of a doomed princess who no longer waits for rescue, but takes her rightful place beside her lover in the world. In "The Magdalene," a tale of willful innocence and loss of faith, Howard draws on the legend of the saintly whore, of a woman's injury and her own guilt denied, but most assuredly suffered. The central figure in "Big as Life: A Story in Three Panels" is the American artist and naturalist John James Audubon, whose genius and ambition in pursuing his Great Idea, The Birds of America, devour those around him, most touchingly Lucy, his wife. The themes of imagination and endurance are further elaborated in "Salvino," a contemporary exploration of success and failure in art and science that continues the story of Artie and Louise of A Lover's Almanac. "Myself," the third section of this final tale, is a moving contemplation of Howard's own life in the natural world."--BOOK JACKET

Focusing on the historical significance, this book showcases the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, highlighting its original construction as the longest suspension bridge in the world in 1926. It features rare images documenting the planning, construction, and the people behind the bridge's creation. Additionally, the vintage photographs capture the bridge's evolution over the decades, emphasizing its enduring role as a symbol of the Philadelphia-Camden metropolitan area.

London, at the end of the First World War, basks in the summer heat, and Clarissa - Mrs Dalloway - prepares for one of her charming evening parties. Yet as the evening approaches, the unexpected arrival from India of her first lover Peter Walsh, triggers vivid memories of the past until, piece by piece, Clarissa brings to the surface the story of her life, of childhood dreams, and the row so many years ago that precipitated her uneventful marriage. She is suddenly and startlingly aware of the force of life going on around her; of Septimus Warren Smith going quietly mad with shell-shock; of her daughter Elizabeth, almost now a woman, and of Peter, unaltered, yet changed as she feels herself to be. In 'Mrs Dalloway', Virginia Woolf reveals the differences in the way people think and see and treat one another, brilliantly evoking the feel of the time and, through the eyes of each character, the feel of life itself.

Aus dem Englischen von Kurt Neff Mary Agnes Keely, eine altjüngferliche Mittdreißigerin, beschließt, endlich ihr irisch-katholisches Elternhaus, ihre verwitwete und stets auf Ehestiftung erpichte Mutter sowie die Leere des Kleinstadtlebens hinter sich zu lassen, um sich ins Manhattan der sechziger Jahre zu stürzen. Die Reise verändert nicht nur ihr eigenes Leben. In einem Frauenhotel stolpert sie über die gerade in Scheidung befindliche Lydia, eine weltgewandte junge Frau, deren psycho-pathischer Ehemann in einer geschlossenen Anstalt gelandet ist. Die beiden Frauen ziehen zusammen, und bald gerät Mary Agnes mitten in die New Yorker Künstlerszene. Sie verliebt sich in den verträumten Taugenichts Stanley, der sich ihres jungfräulichen Körpers rührend annimmt, was nicht ohne Folgen bleibt. Auf der Suche nach der eigenen Identität erkennt Agnes schließlich, daß es »keine große Sünde ist, allein zu sein«. Lange vor dem Zenit des Feminismus hat Maureen Howard einen scharfsinnigen Frauenroman von hoher literarischer Qualität und subtiler Ironie geschrieben. Sie gilt als eine der Klassikerinnen der amerikanischen Literatur.