![]() ![]() She would not have role models to show her that anything happening in her life was unfair or wrong, and she would likely not have the luxury of talking back to adult authority figures. During this time period, a woman in Catherine's position - the daughter of a powerful man with a fierce temper - would likely do as she was told because there was no other option. While Catherine's antics are funny and give the story a definite sense of "girl power" they come across as inauthentic because they are so unlikely. There is one thing that bothers me about this book, which is that it shows a young girl self-aware enough to flout the feminine conventions of her day. ![]() Her diary, which marks time according to Saints' feast days, tells of her contentious relationship with her father, her worries for her mother's health, her observations as friends and relatives marry and bear children, and her disgust for Shaggy Beard, the man to whom her father wishes to marry her off. The year 1290 is Catherine's fourteenth year, and the year in which she has promised her brother Edward she will write an account of her days. ![]()
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