Maureen Brady – författare

In Ireland in 1846, Tessa O'Melia is sixteen and the eldest of six children. Her mother's soup is little more than water and her childhood best friend has died of starvation. Tessa vows never to leave her home and family, but when her father is jailed, leaving the family even more desperate, Tessa's ma boards her on a famine ship to America for a marriage of convenience. Her journey is isolating and tumultuous, but her temper and youthful curiosity carry her through. In Tessa's Landing we see the sorrow and triumph of the Irish immigrant experience, and how one girl's self-determination leads to survival in a new world.

A modern classic of race, labor rights, and lesbian love written "with an authenticity, a force, a caring that deepens and enlarges us" (Tillie Olsen, author of Tell Me A Riddle). Brought together by the tragic death of an infant, black and white women at a North Carolina textile factory join together to strike against the plant''s unfeeling management. A story of race relations and the power of grassroots organizing, this absorbing novel becomes a love story when two very different women in the group fall for each other. Speaking first to the value of labor and the realities of homophobia and racism, this story also celebrates the transformative power of love in the lives of maginalized women.  Library Journal praised Folly for the "depth and reality of its characters." And as the Washington Blade said, "this book effectively reminds readers that, although we have made many gains, we have a long way to go."

These 366 daily affirmations and meditations extend support and wisdom to women who have survived childhood sexual abuse.Unknown number of women have suffered sexual abuse in childhood. Acknowledging the abuse after years of silence and secrecy and beginning a healing journey require support and encouragement. Long after the abuse has ended, negative internal messages can invade and linger. Daybreak's positive statements intercept self-defeating messages, guiding readers toward new and healthy ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. These affirmations and thoughtful meditations cover topics such as intimacy, fear, play, sharing secrets, and anger. Read daily or by subject, Daybreak brings the experience of sexual abuse into the light where hope resides and change and healing are possible. Women survivors of other types of abuse and men survivors of abuse may also find benefit from these readings.