tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post2184101318168235826..comments2023-07-29T11:21:42.125-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Book Talk: Introduction to The Children of Green KnoweWebAppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408390036751112286noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post-28897566234117611302013-05-29T08:40:10.512-04:002013-05-29T08:40:10.512-04:00Boston inherited money from her father, which she ...Boston inherited money from her father, which she used for her education and her living expenses. Her memoir Perverse and Foolish, which was republished by Diana Boston in a new edition along with Memory in a House,talks about her childhood and her WWI experiences. Tracey Mantronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10245678384941031100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511873417078060738.post-80516729322348613582013-05-27T15:44:47.833-04:002013-05-27T15:44:47.833-04:00Boston's early adult life might have served as...Boston's early adult life might have served as a model for two contemporary fictional characters: Charles Todd's Bess Crawford and Jaqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs. All three serve as WWI military nurses. For the two fictional nurses, this serves as a trial by fire which provides emotional strength and self-confidence in measures that enable them to live beyond the conventional expectations for women's lives. In addition, all three somehow acquire sufficient monetary resources to live relatively independent lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com