Patterns of Pursuit

By Carlin Flora, published on July 01, 2009 - last reviewed on June 29, 2009

There's a long path from one heart to another. How to find your way through the meandering maze of dating.

A century ago, a 16-year-old Irish girl reluctantly arrived on Ellis Island, betrothed to a much older pub owner about whom she knew nothing. In love with a boy from her village, Bridget was devastated to become a New World bride. And though her husband was a kind man who stayed with her until his death, they never became close. She often let slip her lingering bitterness.

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