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Finishing Becca by Ann Rinaldi
Finishing Becca by Ann Rinaldi










Becca hopes that she might even find her elusive "missing pieces" in such a refined environment. In return for her work Becca will be "finished" - that is given music and sewing lessons and taught the refinements of good manners and society. They are a wealthy and well connected Quaker family who are in need of a companion/maid for one of their daughters. She is therefore not too unhappy when it is suggested that she should go and work for the Shippen family in Philadelphia. This is a confusing time for the young woman for her brother is off fighting for General George Washington against the English while at the same time both her mother and her step-father make money by selling to and performing services for the English. Finishing Becca: A story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnoldīecca feels as if "there are pieces of me missing" and she is not quite sure where she is to find these pieces.












Finishing Becca by Ann Rinaldi