Be Good, Sweet Maid: The Trials of Dorothy JoudrieWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1999/10/25 - 275 ページ January 21, 1995: Dorothy Joudrie is arrested for attempting to murder her estranged husband. Soon after, Audrey Andrews begins to write her book. Audrey and Dorothy had known each other as children, but the identification of Andrews with Joudrie goes beyond merely the accident of a childhood acquaintance. It has to do with being subjected to the same societal constraints placed on girls and women during the years immediately following World War II, the years in which they had prepared for their adult lives. Expectations, placidly accepted then, are now seen as unrealistic and unreasonable. Did these expectations have some part in causing the tragedy in Dorothy Joudrie’s life? When Andrews attempted to understand why Dorothy Joudrie had tried to kill her husband, and to write Joudrie’s story, she began to examine her own life, her own expectations — those she had of herself and those others had of her. She also realized that telling the story of anyone is an intricate and often ephemeral pursuit. Any story she wrote could only be her version of Joudrie’s experience. Nevertheless, it was important to be as honest as she could about her interpretation of that life. She determined to show carefully and accurately the damage that had been done to one woman — damage that is still being done to many others — through prejudice, attitudes, traditions and the institutions that are still the foundation of our society, and of our lives, everyday. The result is a fascinating account of events leading up to the trial, the trial itself and the effect of Joudrie’s trial on the life of Audrey Andrews. |
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... Jerry Selinger , the Crown prosecutor , and some people in the Crown prosecutor's office ; Noel O'Brien , Dorothy's lawyer , and his advisors and office staff ; Dorothy's family and the friends in whom she confides ; and those of us who ...
... Jerry Selinger , the Crown prosecutor . They were obviously very much aware of each other , but they both avoided any expression of this , and particularly any eye contact . Selinger seems to have little of O'Brien's aplomb . His almost ...
... Jerry Selinger stood at their tables laughing and talking quietly . When the judge entered , they stood apart . But I found this behaviour before the curtain rose , as it were , disconcerting and inappropriate somehow , sug- gesting ...
... Jerry Selinger began . Shortly before the end of this first case , O'Brien brought Dorothy into the room and seated her among the potential jurors . I was sitting on the side , just a few feet away , facing her . I was shocked by her ...
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