- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:Family Life / General
- Language:English
- Pages:196
- eBook ISBN:9781543965407
- Paperback ISBN:9781543965391
Book details
Overview
The tragic story of Rose, a young girl from a strict Irish Catholic upbringing, who leaves home to pursue her fame and fortune on the stages of Chicago. Through hard work and meeting the right people, she starts her journey by landing small roles in two plays. Things look good for young Rose until... Rose runs up against a major roadblock to her career and life. An unplanned pregnancy changes everything. In todays world, this would be a difficult, but not insurmountable issue. In the late 1920's, it was a life changer. What should she do? What can she do? Knowing the heartbreak she will cause, she returns home to tell her parents. The three of them try to come up with a solution, but each plan has huge downsides. A solution finally presents itself, but it come from a totally unexpected source-the Catholic Church. What's left are family secrets and a sacrifices too incredible to believe.
Description
This book is fiction, based on a true story. The story will touch on all your emotions, but overall it is a sad story. A young woman with a bright future stopped in her tracks. An unplanned pregancy in the late 1920's was a very difficult thing to deal with, but even more so if you came from a strict Irish Catholic background. Love within her family certainly helps,but dealing with the stigma of an unwed mother and her baby was an incredible problem. Rose and her parents struggled to find an answer. The answer did come, but from a totally unexpected source-the Catholic Church. It was a radical plan meant to protect the reptutation of a young girl and her infant. Family secrets would need to be kept. Incredible sacrifices would be called for.
