I am bit by fleas and plagued by family.Tangled my spinning again.
Her research into medieval English history and culture led to the writing of Catherine, Called Birdy, her first work.Ĭontained 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.īegun this 12th day of September in the year of Our Lord 1290.I am commanded to write an account of my days. Growing tired of hearing about kings, princes, generals, and presidents, she wanted to know what life was like for ordinary young people in other times. Sometimes the power is in deciding to be yourself in whatever cage you're in.Karen Cushman has a long-standing interest in history. For Catherine, and for me, there is no easy solution to the cages life makes for you. More than any other heroine I'd read, this one sounded like me.
In an appreciation in the New York Times, illustrator Vera Brosgol spoke for many fans of this beloved book: "I fell hard for Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy the second I opened it. Unfortunately, he is also the richest.Ĭan a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father? Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!Ĭatherine, a spirited and inquisitive young woman, narrates in diary form the story of her fourteenth year-the year 1290. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call-by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.
Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man-any rich man, no matter how awful.īut by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Read the book behind Lena Dunham’s acclaimed new movie! This historical fiction classic, told in the form of a diary, has drawn in generations of readers and is a Newbery Honor Book.Ĭatherine feels trapped.
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