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Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Researching Writing Lives.

I was extremely fascinated by the concept of researching and creating an author blog when I first began the Writing Lives module. …

Although on the surface, it does not seem like Miss Wilson was politically driven. There are things she mentions that convey a …

So shall I have to go to school again? (13). Within Mary’s memoir, she talks very little of her school days. …

‘we had a dreadful over looker she was really frightening, we were not allowed to talk to the girls who sat next …

‘I also can look back & I think to me that was the highlight of my youth….’ (11). Mary’s memoir is predominantly …

I do think how different life could have been if father had not gone to throw rotten fruit at the preacher…’ (14) …

I think the young today don’t get the real joy that we had (pg.7). Mary Laura Triggle, maiden name, Sutton, was …

‘So there again mother got the first folding invalid chair’ (21) Mary’s memoir recalls how her parents faced illness and disability throughout …

They had…a lot of rotten oranges which they intended to throw at the preacher, but that day my father got converted in …

Writing Lives is a final-year module on the BA English degree at Liverpool John Moores University, taught by Helen Rogers. Autobiographies are …