While most girls
her age are at home learning how to cook and sew, twelve-year-old Katie Klien
is learning how to sneak on and off trains, hide in dark alleys and creep
through underground tunnels. Katie is determined
to keep the promise she made to her ma: that she will make sure her brothers
and sisters are safe and loved. But
how? She doesn't know where they are.
It’s 1898. With their pa in prison and
their ma deathly ill, the six Klien children are lined up on the steps of the
county courthouse and given away. Katie
must live in a strict, loveless household. When she finds out that her older
brother has died under mysterious circumstances and her little brother and
sister are in an orphanage, Katie knows she must act. Using all of her wits and the help of a shy
boy, Katie bolts. For in order to keep her promise, she must not only find the
children, she must steal them away.
June 25, 2014
Katie's Promise
Woo hoo! My fourth book Katie's Promise is finally finished. It has all the elements, you, my loyal readers, have come to love: a strong girl who overcomes great adversity, adventure, history and medicine. As yet unpublished, here is a brief synopsis of the story:
June 4, 2014
What is the Difference Between a Bride Price and a Dowry?
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Chinese bride courtesy of Wiki Commons |
In the Western world, both practices have largely been abandoned except in the case of a uniquely American system of dowry practiced by the wealthy (See my post (click here) ). However, in some countries bride price or dowry are still is use today. Some countries practice both. Bride price is common in rural China, many other Asian countries, parts of Africa and some Pacific Island societies. Dowries are common for marriages in India and Pakistan.
References and additional reading:
http://www.jasonstaples.com/sociology/dowry-and-bride-price-are-not-the-same-thing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_price
http://econ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2013/05/pdf_paper_siwan-anderson-economics-dowry-brideprice.pdf
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