02508nam a2200337Ia 4500 ebr10141351 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 990602s1999 onc sb 001 0 eng d C99-931278-2 0889203342 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)180703892 KF224.J48 A64 1999eb 345.71/025 21 Andrews, Audrey, 1935- Be good, sweet maid [electronic resource] : the trials of Dorothy Joudrie / Audrey Andrews. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1999. xvi, 275 p. Life writing series ; 9 Includes bibliographical references and index. "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 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, traditons and the institutions that are still the foundation of our society, and of our lives, every day." Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Joudrie, Dorothy Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Attempted murder) Alberta Calgary. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Life writing series ; 9. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10141351 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 83610 83610