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Sep 07, 2010
Lisa Murphy
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This book was published in 1858 by Anna Cora Mowatt, and true to its name, it tells the story of her life. And what a life! Who knew women could have so much fun in the mid-1800’s! She came from a respectable family (daughter of an Episcopal Clergyman, one of the capitalists who funded the Miranda Expedition) but she lived like a Bohemian. She eloped at 15 to marry a much older man (his age is left discreetly vague), and is basically raised through teenage by him on his wealthy estate. Shades of
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