5/9/2023 0 Comments Catherine karen cushman![]() Her father wants only to see her married off, and profitably. Corpus bones, what a torture.Spent two hours embroidering a cloth for the church and three hours picking out the stitches after my mother saw it.Picked off twenty-nine fleas today.Catherine's mother wants to teach her the skills of the lady of the manor and to prepare her to be a gentle and patient wife. ![]() ![]() I am bit by fleas and plagued by family.Tangled my spinning again. Karen Cushman's Newbery Honor-winning book tells the story of a medieval girl who works to avoid the marriage her father has arranged for her during her 14th year.Contained in this program is Catherine's diary - Catherine, called Little Bird or Birdy, daughter of Rollo and the lady Aislinn, sister to Thomas, Edward, and the abominable Robert.Begun this 12th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1290.I am commanded to write an account of my days. ![]()
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