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Dorchester Girl - by Judith Kirwan Kelley (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Judith Kirwan Kelley provides a unique "lived" perspective on growing up in Dorchester, Massachusetts, during tumultuous socio-political times.
- Author(s): Judith Kirwan Kelley
- 224 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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Book Synopsis
Judith Kirwan Kelley provides a unique "lived" perspective on growing up in Dorchester, Massachusetts, during tumultuous socio-political times. Deeply impacted by the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the decade of the 1960s dramatically shaped the contexts of living in America. The changing family as well as the social movements for Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Rights of the Disabled, the sexual revolution, among other forms of cultural upheaval, all played their part in the life of one Originally from Dorchester (OFD).
Written with humor and pathos, the stories are based on the author's experiences, backed up by a comprehensive investigation of written sources which explore the complex history of mandatory school desegregation in Boston, and other cultural phenomena occurring at the time. Kirwan Kelley's detailed elaborations of family, neighborhood, and complex cultural dynamics are reflective of both the consistency and unpredictability of life.
Intended to inform as well as to entertain, Kirwan Kelley clearly demonstrates appreciation of having come of age in Dorchester. She is, and always will be, a Dorchester Girl at heart.
Review Quotes
Local radio icon, Jordan Rich and the WBZ Book Club podcast has great things to say about "Dorchester Girl," a memoir written by Judith Kirwan Kelley. Check it out in this 2 min podcast: Those "O.F.D." will love this book!
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