Mairead Ruadh

My mother, Hermione Granger, did not have an easy adolescence. Even if you disregard the fact that she spent a majority of her first seven years in the Wizarding World trying, attempting, researching, and fighting to kill Tom Riddle, she, as a muggleborn in a world where bloodist purebloods formed the hegemonic class, was fighting an uphill battle the entire time. I, during the same period of life, was dealt a much easier hand which was in large part because of work that my mother did. I, however, was either too ignorant or too stubborn to respect the difficulties my mother had at my age and my mother was finding it difficult to comprehend that it was possible for me to not have to go through her experiences to become a strong woman. This all culminated at around the time of my graduation ceremony when I announced that I had accepted the invitation to study at the University of Cardiff. My mother saw this, at the time, as me being unappreciative of all the work that she, my father, and their friends had put in to allow me the same opportunities in Wizarding Society that, at the time of her graduation, had only been readily available to purebloods. I interpreted my mother’s disdain for my decision as just another way she was keeping my muggle heritage from me. It was not, I am disappointed to say, until much later that I realized that my mother - the War Heroine, Minister for Magic, and activist who took the Wizarding World by storm - had not been mad at me, but was jealous of me.

rated: mature

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“Rose Malfoy-Nott opens up the door to the incredibly private life of her mother, Hermione Granger. Malfoy-Nott delves into her own admiration and irritation with the legendary Minister for Magic in a way that is sometimes funny, other times melancholic, and always honest. The Brightest Witch of Her Age is perhaps the most important work on Ms. Granger you will ever read.” -Margarette Barracus

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