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Florence Powell

Florence Powell – Purpose and Audience

Post 2 – Purpose and Audience Florence Powell’s memoir is an informative yet personal, reflective account of her life in an orphanage …

Florence Powell – Home and Family

Home and Family – Florence Powell Home and family are difficult factors to identify in Florence Powell’s memoir. Although her experiences of …

Florence Powell – Researching Writing Lives

Evaluation post Creating an author blog has allowed me to develop a better understanding of why memoirs are such an essential contribution …

Florence Powell – Education and Schooling

Education and Schooling Florence Powell’s experience of education and schooling may have been somewhat limited, however the orphanage she attended describes itself …

Florence Powell – Education and Schooling

One of Powell’s most consistent themes throughout her memoir is the education and schooling side of her childhood. She provides readers with …

Florence Powell – Life Writing, Class and Identity

In conditions of long work hours, crowded housing and inadequate light, it was difficult enough for them to contemplate themselves, but they …

Florence Powell – Introducing the Author

Introducing the author – Florence Powell Florence Powell’s memoir is an endearingly personal and realistic account of life in an orphanage during …

Florence Powell – Fun and Festivities

Florence Powell’s documentation of the fun and festivities throughout her childhood is limited yet appears deeply sentimental to her, as Powell describes …

Florence Powell – Life and Labour

Labour is an overriding theme of Powell’s memoir, and evidently consumed the majority of her childhood. Powell reflects on the hard labour …

Florence Powell – Habits, Culture and Belief

Habits, Culture and Belief “I did wonder what I had to be grateful for” – Florence Powell (p.15) A fundamental value, habit …