{"product_id":"crossing-highbridge-a-memoir-of-irish-america-9780815606826","title":"Crossing Highbridge: A Memoir of Irish America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first in her family born in the United States, Maureen Waters grew up the \"Bronx Irish\" daughter of two unforgettable immigrants: her storytelling, former revolutionary father, and her fierce, IRA-supporting mother. \u003ci\u003eCrossing Highbridge\u003c\/i\u003e is framed by the accidental death of Waters's son and her struggle to make sense of this loss by re-imagining her past and her heritage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer life in postwar New York City was colored by Catholicism and strong cultural links to \"the other side\"--by Irish step dancing, the melodies of Thomas Moore, and the rituals, inflections, and harrowing memories impressed on her. Sex was a mystery. Schoolgirls wore below-the-knee blue serge uniforms with starched white collars and\u003cbr\u003ecuffs. Brutal treatment at the hands of the nuns who ran her college drove Waters to transfer to a secular school. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWaters rebelled against an upbringing that seemed to wall her off from the twentieth century. She marr ed outside the church, divorced, and became a scholar and professor at the City University of New York. Waters follows in the tradition of her father with this vividly humorous and moving true tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maureen Waters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.28w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815606826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2001 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2002 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen Waters\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and acting director of Irish Studies at Queen's College, New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Comic Irishman\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eLady Gregory: Selected Writings.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40414647812211,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0e1c57f1-1739-4f45-a5d3-5d77414cc049.jpg?v=1662213265","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/crossing-highbridge-a-memoir-of-irish-america-9780815606826","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}