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Class Encounters

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Class EncountersThose who lived through these years of struggle will identify with the choices Frinde Maher confronted. Younger generations will learn what it was like to participate in important life and death struggles. Hopefully, they will feel her same energetic commitment to the current round of strugglesclimate justice, true democracy, a world our grandchildren will want to live in. Michael Meeropol, Lifelong SDS Member and Red Diaper Baby Frinde Maher takes us

Those who lived through these years of struggle will identify with the choices Frinde Maher confronted. Younger generations will learn what it was like to participate in important life and death struggles. Hopefully, they will feel her same energetic commitment to the current round of struggles—climate justice, true democracy, a world our grandchildren will want to live in. —Michael Meeropol, Lifelong SDS Member and Red Diaper Baby


Frinde Maher takes us back to the early 1960s—personifying its idealistic and earnest curiosity … Class Encounters evokes a time when even the moderately wealthy believed they already had enough, so they could devote their own lives to other’s behalf ... —Carol Bundy, author of The Nature of Sacrifice, a Biography of Charles Russell Lowell


Honest, sweet and heartbreaking, Class Encounters shows a young woman’s remarkable journey, from a privileged 1950s childhood through coming of age—socially, politically, culturally, and personally—during the tumultuous 1960s ... —Kate Clifford Larson, historian and NY Times bestselling author


… You can take the girl out of the elite, but can you ever really take the elite out of the girl? That’s one of the many provocative questions bravely posed by Maher in this fascinating memoir. —Katha Pollitt, poet, essayist and columnist for The Nation

In her graceful, aptly titled memoir, Class Encounters, Frinde Maher traces her journey away from her privileged origins on Boston’s North Shore. She takes us through Radcliffe and Oxford into community organizing, anti-Vietnam War activism, factory work and membership in the Maoist-leaning communist Progressive Labor Party, before becoming a high school teacher in South Boston and later a college professor. Maher captures the stresses, nuances, complex choices and serendipities of navigating different social worlds that, themselves, were being shaken by the multiple revolts of the 1960s. Being members of Students for a Democratic Society wasn’t radical enough—when her father’s first cousin David Rockefeller attended her wedding to John Maher, himself a Harvard-educated anti-war organizer, John had already been challenged by Rockefeller’s daughter for not more openly supporting the Viet Cong.


America has long underplayed social class, while amplifying it in practice. Scholars, novelists and memoirists— Baltzell, Marquand, C. Wright Mills and Maher’s own brother Nelson Aldrich included—have explored the fault lines of high WASP culture and its now faded hegemony. Most observers have been men. Maher adds gender to the mix, along with attempts to cross the same class lines the other authors delineate. She explores her emerging voice and agency as she moves into the wider world to craft her own life—a life of change, self-discovery and continuity. She reminds us how central “class encounters” are to the American experience, a national strength when honestly embraced. This book is a timely reminder.

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★★★★★ 5
This is a great ball for high energy dogs.
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I have a Belgian Malinois, so you can imagine the Maligator jaws. Just opened this today and let her play with it indoors. She LOVES IT. It wore her out and it’s a toy she can really stay focused on without needing me to throw or roll for her. It moves on its own! I supervised her play. I was hoping it was too big to get under the couch, but no. It goes right under it. I had to block off the gap so I didn’t have to keep getting it out from under for her. The outter “shell” is very durable! When she had resting moments, she chewed it pretty good - I could hear the material squeaking against her teeth. I was worried she was tearing it up, but nope! Not a mark on it. It’s easy to set up and operate. It needed charging before play. After hours of play, she was able to somehow unscrew the outter shell. This concerned me bc the smaller, inner ball mechanism came out but I saw it right away and was able to put it back together. So, make sure it’s screwed together tightly (which I thought I had done without breaking it) and check it from time to time to make sure it hasn’t loosened. This is a great ball for her incredible high energy drive. It gives her the work and fun play she needs to get tired, which I love. This toy is on the expensive end, but so far it’s worth it. Now we’ll see how long it lasts!
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Carol D
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★★★★★ 5
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Best dog toy ever. I have a 1 year old boxer who is full of energy (understatement). This ball has provided more entertainment for us both than any dog toy I’ve ever purchased. Charge holds well and has a very resilient shell. I love it. Worth the price.
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Megan
New York, US
★★★★★ 4
Great ball for limited entertainment. Replaceable outer shell is an amazing option!
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Bought this for our 45lb, ball-obsessed Dutch shepherd/pit bull dog mix. I had one of these years ago with the hard shell and couldn’t be happier with the new foam shell. The new foam shell is much quieter and while our dog might put holes in it with his teeth, he doesn’t seem to ever pull pieces off. For engagement level, he found it VERY interesting at first and was scared to grab it, but once he got over that he started holding it in his mouth even when it shakes and just tries to keep it. Isn’t the best for fetch or anything as he has trouble letting it go when it is actively moving, but it makes him happy while he has it. We just make sure to monitor him while it is out. The ability to change the outer shell and just buy a replacement for the shell instead of a whole new toy is a lovely feature that makes me very happy to continue buying from this company.
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April L Patrick
Lake Worth, US
★★★★★ 5
Great Interactive Option
Color: Blue
To start, I have been very happy with this purchase. A couple of key points for me are durability and being able to keep my dog's attention. I have had it for almost a year, just a month shy, and she hasn't managed to get through the foam outer shell even though she tries real hard to do so. Let's just say, she's hard to find toys for because of her habit of finding the point of failure where she can pick and gnaw at until the toy is no longer safe for her to have. With this toy, she not only found her match, but it also has her watching, waiting, and even stalking. Only one small issue has recently occurred: the motor has started having an issue where the charge doesn't hold, and it doesn't remain on afterwards. I have reached out to Cheerble directly to see about replacing it since I am still within their 12-month timeframe, and they responded right away.
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William Pearl
West Palm Beach, US
★★★★★ 5
Quality product for the right dog...
Color: Orange
Honestly it's a really cool product well constructed and moves around on its own with several different modes. The design id brilliant with a tough rubber ball that unscrew to expose the element that makes it move in the middle. The dog won't be able to unscrew it but you can if you ever need to replace the ball for any reason but it would take some work for a dog to destroy the outer ball. Almost like "Kong" type material. The ball is about the size of a softball and the element inside is about the size of a golf ball. I thought my dog would love this but she was afraid of it, which is strange because she's afraid of nothing. Anyways I gave it to my neighbor upstairs and she has a yorkshire terrier who plays with it all the time so it all worked out great. Quality product . Good job!
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