Summary of Sarah Horowitz's The Red Widow

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Meg was a Japy, and a Protestant one at that. The family was known for its paternalism and commitment to hard work, thrift, and sobriety. Édouard had a slightly turbulent youth, but unlike many of his male relatives, he went much too far.
#2 Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family didn’t approve. They kept the couple at arm’s length until they realized how much they adored each other.
#3 Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her family was paternalistic and committed to hard work, thrift, and sobriety. She was utterly and completely her father’s daughter.
#4 Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family did not approve. He and his daughter Meg had a very close father-daughter relationship.

Sujets

• History
• The Women
• Woman
• Women
• Histoire

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 18 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350024951
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Sarah Horowitz's The Red Widow
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Meg was a Japy, and a Protestant one at that. The family was known for its paternalism and commitment to hard work, thrift, and sobriety. Édouard had a slightly turbulent youth, but unlike many of his male relatives, he went much too far.

#2

Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family didn’t approve. They kept the couple at arm’s length until they realized how much they adored each other.

#3

Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her family was paternalistic and committed to hard work, thrift, and sobriety. She was utterly and completely her father’s daughter.

#4

Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family did not approve. He and his daughter Meg had a very close father-daughter relationship.

#5

Meg, a Japy Protestant, was the beloved daughter of two parents who adored each other. Yet as is often the case with her, her account of her life often reflected her fantasy of what was true, not the more complicated reality.

#6

Édouard Raus, a Japy Protestant, married the wrong woman, and his family did not approve. He and his daughter Meg had a very close father-daughter relationship.

#7

Meg’s relationship with her father was extremely sexualized, which can be a sign of childhood sexual abuse. Her comportment was highly sexualized, which was strictly forbidden for girls of her station. While her parents were disinclined to enforce the rules, they were also disinclined to loosen restrictions on her.

#8

Lieutenant Gustave-Édouard Sheffer, a friend of Julie’s father, became enamored with Meg, who was a Protestant and very different from the Catholic girls he typically courted.

#9

Meg, a Japy Protestant, was the beloved daughter of two parents who adored each other. Yet as is often the case with her, her account of her life reflected her fantasy of what was true, not the more complicated reality.

#10

Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her relationship with her father was extremely sexualized. She was sent away to Bayonne, where she was put on a train to be away from him.

#11

In 1888, two months after he sent her to Bayonne, Édouard Japy died suddenly. His anger about Meg’s behavior, the sadness at her exile, and his distress over the rumors of her nonexistent pregnancy all compounded to kill him.

#12

Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her father adored her. She was sent away to Bayonne, where she was put on a train to be away from him. In 1888, two months after he sent her to Bayonne, Édouard Japy died suddenly. His anger about Meg’s behavior, the sadness at her exile, and his distress over the rumors of her nonexistent pregnancy all compounded to kill him.

#13

Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her relationship with her father was extremely sexualized. She was sent away to Bayonne, where she was put on a train to be away from him. In 1888, two months after he sent her to Bayonne, Édouard Japy died suddenly. His anger about Meg’s behavior, the sadness at her exile, and his distress over the rumors of her nonexistent pregnancy all compounded to kill him.

#14

Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her relationship with her father was extremely sexualized. She was sent away to Bayonne, where she was put on a train to be away from him. In 1890, two months after he sent her to Bayonne, Édouard Japy died suddenly. Her father’s anger about her behavior, the sadness at her exile, and his distress over the rumors of her nonexistent pregnancy all compounded to kill him.

#15

Meg was a Japy Protestant, and her relationship with her father was extremely sexualized.