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SUMMARY:Women Then\, Women Now
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join local author\, Cathi Bond\, as she di
 scusses her novel <a href="https://rwlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S
 192C4683184">Bessie</a>\, the first book in the "A Woman of Good Standing"
  trilogy.</p>\n<p>Inspired by the stories told to her by her grandmother a
 nd aunts\, Cathi's novel Bessie takes place 100 years ago in Waterloo Regi
 on and digs into what it was like to be a farmer&rsquo\;s wife and mother 
 during The Great Depression and World War II. The novel's protagonist\, Be
 ssie Barnes\, has to deal with more than putting food on the table and pay
 ing for gas - she is also equally determined to improve her social positio
 n and that of her family\, during these frankly\, horrible times. Add to t
 his\, a verboten yearning for a man that she should not want.</p>\n<p>What
  woman doesn&rsquo\;t want to do better for herself and her family? What w
 oman doesn&rsquo\;t want to improve the social standing of her family? Wha
 t woman doesn't have an irrepressible strength inside of them - both 100 y
 ears ago and today?&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://rwlibrary.libnet.info/eve
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