Wendy 1904 play "Peter Pan" and its 1911 novelization "Peter and Wendy" by J. M. Barrie. Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s but subsequently declined. The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing "R"s, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy". The name Wendy in Dutch is either of Anglo-Saxon origin or an abbreviation of names such as Wendela (an old-fashioned name which probably means related to the Vandals). Chinese women with the same or similar-sounding characters as their given names often anglicise their
The Pope's Children from this author include 'The Generation Game' and 'Following the Money', each of which continue with some of the same characters and topics. The Pope's Children The Pope's Children: Ireland's New Elite is a book by journalist and economist David McWilliams. In his book McWilliams describes the effects that the Celtic Tiger and the property boom have had on Ireland, resulting in the rise of a new bourgeoisie. The book's title reflects McWilliams' belief that Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland in the autumn of 1979 was a watershed in the country's history. The children born during that period