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Diary of Mary and Mary Marie in a divided life
Excerpt from a diary by Eleanor H Porter detailing Mary’s split identity Mary Marie and her life split between Andersonville and Boston. It follows family tensions with her astronomer father and mother, the six months with each parent, and Mary’s struggle to reconcile two personas amid emotional episodes and a growing wish to return home for the school opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Sarah
Viola
Abigail Jane
Andersonville
Senate
West
Givorce
Boston
Mike
Harlow
Mather
Jane
Weed &P
Father
Marie
Aunt Jane
Susie
Lester
Mary and
Mr. Hyde
Charlie Smith
Paul Mayhew
Claude Livingstone
Carries
Charlies
Carrie
Charlie
Dierent
Mother