[ SYDNEY BOWMAN. 35. FEMALE. SHE/HER] is here! They’ve lived in Silver Lake for [ 1 YEAR ] and are originally from [ PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ]. They are a [ HISTORIAN ] and in their downtime love [ LIVING OFF OF COFFEE ALONE ] and [ HUSTLING OTHERS AT POOL ]. They look a lot like [ ABIGAIL SPENCER ] and live [ IN OASIS APARTMENTS ].
Facts
Name: Sydney Clara Bowman Age: 35 Birthday: May 27th, 1985 Occupation: Historian and Author Current Location: Silver Lake, L.A., California Hometown: New York City, New York
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Parents: Jason and Elena Bowman Siblings: Dennis Bowman Education: Northwestern University Pets: None Main residence: Two bedroom apartment in Oasis
Gender: Cisfemale Sexuality: Bisexual Relationship Status: Single , recently divorced Children: Darcy Abbott, aged 6
Biography
Sydney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a teacher father and a nurse mother. From an early age, she developed a strong love and passion for history, literature and art. Working hard in school, she eventually left the city to attend college at Northwestern University in the greater Chicago area.
While there, she found her true calling in the history department and completed her undergraduate degree there. When she was done, she stayed to go into the graduate program there in history. Sydney completed her Master’s there. Upon graduation she moved to London, England to complete a lifelong dream of living abroad.
After moving to London, Sydney got a job at the British Museum. While there she met and befriended a guest lecturer who was a renowned author and historian. Sydney told him her hopes of becoming an author herself and he started to mentor her. He got her a job at a publishing company in the city. She worked her way up and soon handed her own draft of a book about Anne Boleyn from a modern feminist perspective really taking apart the notorious reputation she got from the men of history. The book was a hit and Sydney finally found her true calling.
Sydney wanted to write about Alice Roosevelt and started on her next book. She was in the middle of the research when she got into an argument with her publishing company and she was forced to find a new one. She was soon picked up by one in New York City and was forced to relocate. After three years in London, she bid the city goodbye though she has visited it many times since she left.
Sydney moved to New York and finished the research and drafts of her new book about Alice Roosevelt. Right after the book was released she met the man who would become her husband. Sydney fell hard and knew he was the one. They got married and within a year, Sydney was pregnant. Darcy Matilda Abbott was born (though she lost the argument of naming her firstly after her history crush Empress Matilda) Sydney felt true love when she held her daughter for the first time in her arms.
Sydney continued to work on her books and wrote another one on the Gilded Age and the key players in the city of New York City. The book did well again and she felt like she had done well for her name and her passion. Three books under her belt within 9 years and she showed no signs of stopping.
The marriage was good for a while, but then the cracks started to show. Sydney felt like he never valued her intellect or her career. She felt like he wanted her to be some attentive housewife she could never be. Other cracks started to show. It had always been a thorn in his side that she never took his name for the sake of her career. They had grown distant and they argued too much. They started counseling and things showed a small little light of hope. Together, they decided to move to California where she could pursue her latest project of a book on gangster and mob crime in Los Angeles from the 1920′s to the 1940′s and the tie to Hollywood.
Sadly, their marriage was already on rocky ground and the move did not help things. He still claimed he loved her, but Sydney knew the truth. They argued too much, there wasn’t any love left. The marriage was over. She only felt anger towards him for what she saw as never accepting who she truly was. They started the process of divorce and Sydney moved from their LA home and moved to the Silver Lake area.
In the process of divorce, they came to the agreement between their lawyers to split custody of Darcy. She was starting the first grade this year and would remain in the same school district she started in though Sydney no longer lived in it. Sydney and her husband shared even custody, shifting Darcy back and forth every two weeks. Though Sydney knew they didn’t get along anymore, they both agreed to be civil for Darcy’s sake. They would go to parent teacher’s meetings, school functions, and any personal events for Darcy together. They wouldn’t argue in front of her and they would co-parent for her sake.
She’s currently still working on her fourth book and while she currently lives in Oasis Apartments with Darcy, she is looking for a house for them. She’s looking forward to turning a new leaf and being there for her daughter through this rough time as she finalizes the divorce.
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