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At age 23 - and all by herself in the days of the old steam ships --Maggie sails across the mighty Atlantic Ocean to America. There sheworks as a nanny - much like the imaginary nanny, Mary Poppins, or thereal Maria in Sound of Music. All the while, she is homesick for thelovely green hills of her native County Down in Northern Ireland.Then, in her wanderings, she moves to England where she meets atall, handsome policeman (or bobby) -- and what happens next?Through the true adventures of this daring Irish lass, we learnmuch about life. Through her story, we awake to both the glitter andgloom, the joys and sorrows that life presents to each of us. We alsocome to realize that we will all leave a legacy -- just as this strong, young woman did. The hope is that the legacy we leave will be as richas the one Maggie left to the world