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Loading... Swan Town: The Secret Journal of Susanna Shakespeare (edition 2006)by Michael J. Ortiz
Work InformationSwan Town: The Secret Journal of Susanna Shakespeare by Michael J. Ortiz
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. is this true? well it's a good story about its time. good narrator. ( ) Grades 6-8. Swan Town is written as the diary of Susanna Shakespeare the daughter of William Shakespeare. You learn from Susanna what life was like during Shakespeare time. She has aspirations to be an actor and writer like her father but since she is a woman she is forbidden. The story‘s main plot deals with the Shakespeare family’s religions secrets that put the family in jeopardy. The diary tells of her life and how her father must come and go due to his job as a playwright. Susanna writes a play and attempts to appear on stage even though it is forbidden. She also falls in love with a man her parents disapprove because of his religion. Family values and sacrifice rule the story and Susanna life. Will Susanna become a writer like her father? Will she marry the man she loves? no reviews | add a review
Restricted by the authorities from practicing Catholicism and forbidden by her parents from seeing a Puritan boy, Susanna, the daughter of William Shakespeare, vents her anger by writing in a journal and composing a play. No library descriptions found. |
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