Beloved Stranger

by Clare Boylan

Book Overview

Part love story, part thriller, Beloved Stranger is a contemporary take on King Lear. It provides an analysis of marriage - a changeless institution in a vastly altered world, a private dictatorship... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582432244
• ISBN13: 9781582432243
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Black Balloon Publishing LLC DBA Counterpoint
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Must For Researchers

As Continental forces and Virginia militia units were engaged in winning independence, American quartermasters and provisioners struggled to provide these units with all the necessities of life, from meals and guns to meat, fodder for horses, the horses themselves, firewood, and every other type of material. Much of this was requisitioned from the civilian population and certificates were issued payable in either continental or state funds, depending on the units supplied, upon presentation to court authorities. Thousands of these certificates issued to Virginians were duly entered by the courts, and they provide a fascinating insight into the period of the Revolution. These "Publick" Claims booklets contain interesting and useful information about the contributions of ordinary people to the Revolutionary War. They provide some details of people's service in the militia or as guards for prisoners of war; they indicate where some bodies of troops were at particular times; and they identify providers of horses, wagons, cattle, grain, or other supplies. Much of the information in these booklets cannot be found anywhere else, which makes the surviving records particularly valuable. Also remarkable is the fact that records survived from virtually every county in the state at that time with the exception of the newly formed Kentucky counties. This makes the collection even more valuable in covering areas which heretofore in this time period have suffered from a lack of personal data. The "Virginia Publick Claims" are published by counties. In addition to a faithful transcription by Janice Luck Abercrombie and the late Richard Slatten, a complete index is provided for each county booklet. This series is an extremely important genealogical tool for searchers in Revolutionary-era materials.

The Adventures of the Beginning of the End

This is the story of a married couple who for fifty yearsshared their life with each other.Lily,the wife,has always been the type of woman with noaspirations other than to be a good wife and mother(noblein itself,if you are with the right man.)Dick,her husband was the provider and worked outside thehome.He was not happy when Lily became pregnant,withtheir one child.He also refuses over the years to putcentral heating in their home.You know the type.When Dick becomes really odd over some missing money,Lily calls upon her unmarried daughter,Ruth,to helprectify the situation.Although Ruth is a forty year old woman,and a feministtoo,she does not see her parents clearly.It is almost like they are consciously or unconsciously,sending her the message"we need you to survive."Ruth becomes entangled in the middle of their lives.She has always liked her Dad,and hasn't seen any of hisimperfections.They all go to see a charming,unorthodox, Dr. Walcott,whotells them what he sees.There is some real humor in thissemi-sad tale.There is also mystery and action.Ah,read the book,there is much in it that speaks tothese modern times of caretaking,and Family.