Two Ladies from Boston

By Elizabeth Hourihan

Two Ladies from Boston is an upstairs/downstairs tale of two Irish maids who arrive in hostile Boston in 1920 to the homes of Gertrude Casey and Clementine Talbert. Gertrude and Clee meet through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595169635
• ISBN13: 9780595169634
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Enjoy this one with a good "cuppa tea" ...

A story of Boston's colorful Irish and Brahmin English ... getting along? or do they??? Elizabeth Hourihan dares to speak what others for years have considered "the unspeakable." Two Ladies from Boston become entangled in a number of issues facing New England families coming out of the Depression, that clearly cross religious, socio-economic and political lines. The political bosses of their day were not the only ones who had deep secrets ... and Elizabeth Hourihan ventures out from behind closed doors to enlighten us a bit from her unique personal perspective. Her family ties to a prominent Boston politician and her insights into mental illness leave the reader wanting to know more. I know that I, for sure, would love to have tea with these two ladies some day. Cheers!

Historical Fiction

I just finished reading "Two Ladies from Boston" written by a niece of the late second Mrs. Curley and found it a fascinating tale. I thought it would be strictly a woman's type novel, but it held my attention from start to finish. As a historical fiction novel about the times Curley lived in, it was an excellent and revealing incite into the inner working of the family as well as the politics of the time. I would recommend it to anyone, especially anyone that has had any association with the Curley mystique.