Fatherless, Fearless, Female: A Memoir by Mary Charity Kruger Stein (English) Pa

Description: Fatherless, Fearless, Female by Mary Charity Kruger Stein In this #MeToo tale of single mothers and fatherless children, a Rust Belt farm girl escapes poverty, weds, has a son, is widowed and then falls in love with a young man whose Jewish mother opposes their relationship. Follow their love story, struggles, and international adventures as they travel from Brooklyn to Greece, Israel, and Iran. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Mary, a Rust Belt farm girl, the bastard child of an unwed, unconventional single mother, claws her way out of poverty and weds, but soon stumbles over the myth of monogamy. When her first husband, Don, dies, she seeks a more honest, equitable relationship, determined that her infant son, Billy, will not be a fatherless child as she was. The day before she leaves on a freighter for Greece, she meets Isaac in the East Village, and their romance blooms as they shuttle back and forth between Brooklyn and Crete. In addition to the distance between them, however, Mary must also take on Isaacs conventional Jewish mother and all her beliefs about how and where they should live. Fatherless, Fearless, Female follows the international adventures of the dauntless Mary as she moves from a mob-operated strip joint in Chicago to the vineyards and villages of Crete, from art schools in New York and Jerusalem to the Imperial Iranian Air Force Base in Isfahan during the revolution of 78. Along the way, she navigates through a maze of broken vows, broken families, and broken educational systems-and learns, at last, the value of love and the true meaning of her mothers deathbed story. Author Biography Mary C. K. Stein is a #MeToo octogenarian who started life as a Rust Belt farmgirl and learned the hard way the pitfalls that await the poor and unprotected in their quest for upward social mobility. After working for Bell Telephone, and then as a stripper in a mob-operated show lounge, and after that as a substitute teacher in an underserved middle school in Brooklyn, she began teaching AP/IB English abroad. That work took her to six countries on five continents: Greece, Egypt, Venezuela, China, Panama, and Taiwan. She wrote Fatherless, Fearless, Female in the hopes that it will give the current womens movements their own embodiment of exploited youth, a memorable Times Up Topsy, to help focus attention on their issues and bring about social change. She lives in Reno, Nevada. Review 2022 NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite in Memoir2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Winner in Best New Voice: Nonfiction2022 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite in Memoir"In this provocative and passionate memoir, Mary Stein confronts therapidly changing status of sexual identity, marriage, parenting, andeducation as she recounts decades of social, ethical, and politicaltransformations, from her childhood in rural Wisconsin to her teachingexperiences in America, Greece, and Iran. After her first husbandssudden, early death in Afghanistan, she began her search for a soul matewho could provide stability and share responsibility for her young son.And that search will take the reader on an exotic and adventurousjourney from New York to Crete, Jerusalem, Isfahan and finally toThessaloniki, as her chosen partner Isaac shares her brave exploration,while living through dangerous political revolutions."—Marsha Keith Schuchard, PhD, author of Why Mrs. Blake Cried: William Blake and the Sexual Basis of Spiritual Vision and Masonic Rivalries and Literary Politics: From Jonathan Swift to Henry Fielding Promotional I will be acting as my own publicist. I have been posting weekly on a website since mid-summer 2019.•Promotion via authors Facebook page , which currently has 3,551 followers.•Author to arrange book tours in the US, France, Greece, and perhaps Italy, with friends, former students and connections.•Author to promote memoir within the LGBTQ community.•Author to seek support for memoir from #MeToo proponents such as Reese Witherspoon, Rachael Maddow, Katie Hall and others who speak out on the double standard, womens issues, and Trumps abuse of power over women.•Author to coordinate talks, readings with international schools and educators with whom shes worked for the past 45 years. Review Text "In this provocative and passionate memoir, Mary Stein confronts the rapidly changing status of sexual identity, marriage, parenting, and education as she recounts decades of social, ethical, and political transformations, from her childhood in rural Wisconsin to her teaching experiences in America, Greece, and Iran. After her first husbands sudden, early death in Afghanistan, she began her search for a soul mate who could provide stability and share responsibility for her young son. And that search will take the reader on an exotic and adventurous journey from New York to Crete, Jerusalem, Isfahan and finally to Thessaloniki, as her chosen partner Isaac shares her brave exploration, while living through dangerous political revolutions." --Marsha Keith Schuchard, PhD, author of Why Mrs. Blake Cried: William Blake and the Sexual Basis of Spiritual Vision and Masonic Rivalries and Literary Politics: From Jonathan Swift to Henry Fielding Description for Sales People --Crossing 2 popular genres: This coming-of-age love story will inspire belief in the possibility of building honest, lasting relationships in an age of mendacity. --An adventure through modern history: This work carries readers into new worlds: a mob-operated strip joint in Chicago, East Village life in the sixties, and strife-torn Greece, Israel, and Iran. --Addresses important issues: In the US and worldwide, the number of single-parent homes is growing exponentially. Some say it "takes a village" but so many children are being raised in this problematic situation that the audience for a successful model may well be enormous. --Timely themes: The themes in this book (the plight of single mothers and fatherless children, the myth of monogamy, the challenges of marriage of all kinds--traditional, open, common law) will resonate with those struggling to find family in chaotic times of rapid change. Details ISBN163152755X Short Title Fatherless, Fearless, Female Publisher She Writes Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 163152755X ISBN-13 9781631527555 Format Paperback Subtitle A Memoir Author Mary Charity Kruger Stein Pages 312 Imprint She Writes Press Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2020-11-12 US Release Date 2020-11-12 Publication Date 2020-11-12 UK Release Date 2020-11-12 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-12-06 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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