{"product_id":"crossing-highbridge-a-memoir-of-irish-america-9780815606932","title":"Crossing Highbridge: A Memoir of Irish America","description":"Maureen Waters began writing about the Bronx in the spirit of dinnseachas, Irish place lore, as a means of recuperating from the accidental death of her son, whose story frames her own. Finding her way through the disorienting 1960s, after a girlhood tutored by nuns and inspired by the Holy Ghost, she set out on a kind of spiritual journey to recover what was valuable and life-sustaining in the Irish Catholic experience left behind. Writing her memoir meant coming to terms with the powerful matriarchal voices that inspired both affection and immobilizing guilt. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eCrossing Highbridge\u003c\/i\u003e is a tribute to her father, for whom storytelling was an art of healing.\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 10\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815606932\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":"Paperback","offer_id":40183718281331,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1c5ca929-bfaa-41d1-9161-d4954bc07edf.jpg?v=1655558844","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/crossing-highbridge-a-memoir-of-irish-america-9780815606932","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}