Maggie

Born in the rough heart of Londons East End, like a resilient city flower struggling toward the meager sun, Maggie kept on…

…through the death of her beloved father, her cherished marriage to a wayward husband of great tenderness and sudden brutality, the solitary fight to raise her four sons and the birth of her “coffee-colored baby,” Maggie kept on…

…through poverty, the Depression, the Blackshirt Marches, the onslaught of World War II and its lonely aftermath, Maggie kept on…

…through four teeming decades touched by passion and tragedy, warmed by the sound of her own brave laughter, Maggie kept on, until — like a golden promise bought with tears and trouble — life gave her the happiness she earned.