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Diese Serie begleitet die Reisen junger Frauen, die ein Waisenhaus verlassen, um sich den harten Realitäten des Dienstmädchenlebens zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts zu stellen. Als eine von ihnen in einem Haushalt voller Aufruhr und finanzieller Unsicherheit landet, eröffnet sich eine unerwartete Chance zur Veränderung. Die Erzählung befasst sich mit Themen wie weiblicher Widerstandsfähigkeit, dem Streben nach Unabhängigkeit und dem Mut, gegen erdrückende Widrigkeiten von einem besseren Leben zu träumen. Es ist eine fesselnde Saga über Tapferkeit, Hoffnung und die Stärke, gesellschaftliche Zwänge zu überwinden.

Impossible Dream
Dare to Dream

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    Impossible Dream

    3,3(4)Abgeben

    In 1898 three young girls leave a Dublin orphanage to enter a life of domestic service. They are placed in the home of Captain Charles Whitmore but soon discover that the household is in turmoil. Charles, hoping to amass a fortune, is preparing to set off on a long sea voyage, deliberately leaving his wife Georgina almost penniless to fend for herself and the servants. Georgina, who has been desperate to break free from a life of violent marital abuse, is relieved that he will be gone for some years, but nevertheless the future is frightening. Then help comes from an unexpected quarter. An organisation that helps women escape lives of abuse or genteel poverty makes Georgina an offer. They propose that her house should become a school designed to train such women to seek employment in the American West. The very idea is at once shocking and appealing. Can Georgina step into the unknown and lead the women under her care into the future? The orphan maids listen and wonder. Can they too dare to dream of a better life for themselves?

    Impossible Dream
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    Dare to Dream

    4,7(3)Abgeben

    Georgina Corrigan is worried. The first women sent to her Percy Place home by the BOBs - an organisation which supports women escaping difficult home lives - are ready to step out into the world again. Some have found opportunities in Dublin, others will travel across the sea to New York. Will those travelling to America find employment with the Harvey Company? Thousands try every year to become Harvey Girls - young women who serve in restaurants and hotels set up to serve travellers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway line. Will they be successful when so many fail? Meanwhile, at home complications multiply. Georgina is surprised when a strange young man appears, claiming the BOBs have sent him - but shocked when he reveals why. Then Flora Kilroy escapes a life of virtual slavery and appears on Georgina's doorstep, claiming to be a relative. What can Georgina do? She is helping strangers - she can't turn family away. As the people who serve in the house struggle to meet the demands of each new arrival, Georgina wonders if she will ever know peace again. The women of Percy Place greet each new day with fortitude. Failure is not an option. They are determined that they can, and will, not only survive but thrive.

    Dare to Dream