Author : Patti Happel Grannan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438999631
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)
Book Synopsis My Mother Marie by : Patti Happel Grannan
Download or read book My Mother Marie written by Patti Happel Grannan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie, happy-go-lucky, loved to dance and sing even after her 12 hour shifts at the Fendrich Cigar Factory where she worked during the Great Depression. She was from a large Catholic family whose alcoholic father died when Marie was six. Her Mama Pauline was at St. Anthony church every time the doors were unlocked and she was adamant that her children would never miss Mass on a Sunday or a Holyday. When Marie began dating Ed - he told her in no uncertain terms that he did not dance, did not intend to learn and would never set foot in the Dreamland Dance hall on Franklin Street. Marie was devastated that her entertainment would be sitting at the kitchen table drinking homebrew beer and playing clabber. . Long drives in the country in Ed's car was an inexpensive past time since a gallon of gas was priced at about 5 cents. What happened to those years so suffused with happiness that turned into a life without hope? When did she become so empty and angry?