It’s here! As some of you may know my mother was also a
writer. She and her cousin Kathy could often be found writing together when
they were teenagers. Fortunately, my grandfather was an avid photographer and captured those memories on film. I actually have some letters that my mom and her cousin wrote
back and forth to each other. They signed them “Little Joe” and “Hos.”
Obviously Bonanza was one of their favorite television shows. My mother also
had a deep love of history, mainly the Civil War. She and my father belonged to
the North-South Skirmish Association, which is similar to reenacting, but the
regiments compete at target shooting instead of recreating battles and
shooting at each other.
I remember one day
when I was young, Mom asked me to clean out from under the couch – that was
where we crammed everything when unexpected company came. I took the broom and
slid it across the floor from one end of the couch to the other. For the most
part it was the usual toys under there, but there was one thing that was
different. There was a folder with a bunch of typed papers.
“What is this?” I asked.
“Just put that back under there.”
It was an historical novel that she had been working on in
between sewing Civil War clothing and raising four kids.
Shortly after that, I remember her taking one evening a week
and hiding out in the bedroom to write. That was how she finished her novel Victory Song. Unfortunately, she passed
away before she was able to see it in print, but I have been able to carry on
her legacy for all to read. Victory Song is
available in print here,
but now it is also available on Kindle here.
Take some time to read the book and step back to when our country was at war
with itself. Go to the website and you can read the first chapter. Click on the small cover to go directly to Amazon to purchase a digital copy. Enjoy!
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