Becoming Herself

By Maureen Reid

Book Overview

WHEN I AM WITH THESE WOMEN I CAN FEEL MYSELF BREATHE.

What if.... you were told you wouldn't be accepted because you don't sound like everyone else...you want more choice than your world offers...you love a man you can never have...you need to reconnect with the world you left behind?

Set in upstate New York in the first half of the 20th Century, Becoming Herself is Margaret's story. An Irish immigrant who faces prejudices, fights for the right to have her voice heard and travels the road to self-discovery. The challenges Margaret faces are as current as today's headlines.

Award-winning author Maureen Reid gives us the heartfelt story of a woman striving to become all she is capable of becoming.

Nautilus Book Review, Silver Medal

2019 Best Indie Book Competition, Notable Book

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1637777035
• ISBN13: 9781637777039
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Emperor Books
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

As soon as I read "Becoming Herself" I knew I wanted to share this book with my daughter, my sisters

This is the wonderful telling of a young Irish girl's journey to America. Set in Upstate and Western New York called-up the sweetest memories for me of visiting my own relatives in that part of the world in the mid twentieth century. With so many challenges early in the century, we could not have imagined Maggie's journey without Ms. Reid's vivid conjuring of the geography, historical events and beauty of the women who became our inspiration. Margaret's story is still told in the lives of many women today. "Becoming Herself" stands strong as a great read and a great reminder of what our predecessors dealt with as they forged the progress of women in the early 20th century.