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Mary McCarte-Johnson's The Judge and the Barfly, based in Ireland in the 1920s, follows Elizabeth, a young woman whose illegitimate pregnancy results in her disinheritance. Elizabeth commitments to the local convent and orphanage. Her experiences as a nun, and later her struggles romantically, detail her dilemma between her Catholic vows and her love for a man.
DATE OF BIRTH: June 26th.1917
PLACE OF BIRTH: Scotland
ANCESTRAL BACKGROUND: Irish
EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: retired
BOOKS:
The Judge and the Barfly (Publish America, 2003)
[BCBW 2004] "Fiction"
DATE OF BIRTH: June 26th.1917
PLACE OF BIRTH: Scotland
ANCESTRAL BACKGROUND: Irish
EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: retired
BOOKS:
The Judge and the Barfly (Publish America, 2003)
[BCBW 2004] "Fiction"
