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Fifteen-year-old Braden Brad Cleary comes from a family that has
always faulted others for their own misfortunes in life. To put it
bluntly-the Clearys hate people of color. Thirteen-year-old Beth
Ann Armstrong is biracial child whose father harbors exceptional
bitterness toward whites. As Beth grows up next to Braden, she has
no idea the Cleary family is off -limits. She and Braden are too
naive to understand their families' hatred toward one another.
Known throughout the town as troublemakers, the Clearys have
built up a horrifying reputation. And, as soon as they see their
son talking to Beth, they call the sheriff to haul Braden away and
frame him for a crime he did not commit- their hatred overpowering
their love for Braden in their attempt to keep him away from Beth.
Plagued by nightmares of Braden being taken away in a patrol car,
Beth attempts to convince her father to intervene and help her
friend, but instead, he lies and tells her that Braden has died in
a tragic prison fight.
Unaware of the truth, both Braden and Beth embark on their own
journeys to return to the past and, in the process, discover that
God does indeed work in mysterious ways.
This book discusses the emergence of white-collar work for women and the motivations for organisation and political attitudes of German women clerks and white-collar workers before the First World War. In addition, the book explores issues concerning women’s work and labour-market situations, women’s class positions and their political mobilisation. The introductory chapters examine the situations of clerks and the home and family circumstances of women clerks. Dr Adams goes on to discuss the nature and limits of ‘feminism’ in Wilhelmine society, the early years of female clerks’ associations, and the interrelationship of women’s work and home roles, behaviours and attitudes. Finally, two case studies examine in depth the conflicts of class and gender. Before the First World War, Dr Adams concludes, women defined themselves by gender and by class; they sought fulfilment in the public and the private sphere; but they found it impossible to be both ‘woman’ and ‘worker’.
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