An absolutely wonderful story Charlie! And 10 kids and only losing one! I am sure she was not the only one but how did she keep her sanity and her health I have to wonder... So you pulled few punches... It's painful to take in but it is an ode to the resilience of women in particular I think. You see this kind of toughness in women having to carry the load of family survival in dire circumstances around the worlds crisis spots. Interesting that the reunion with her brother was enough to shore Maria's faith after it had taken a pretty heavy hit!
Thank you, Frank. I'm so pleased you followed it through to the end - and you've picked up exactly on why I wanted to tell the story. The more I found out about my grandmother's life when I did my family history research, the more I felt the story needed to be told. Obviously, this is a novel and largely fiction, but many of the elements of what she, and her family endured are true.
An absolutely wonderful story Charlie! And 10 kids and only losing one! I am sure she was not the only one but how did she keep her sanity and her health I have to wonder... So you pulled few punches... It's painful to take in but it is an ode to the resilience of women in particular I think. You see this kind of toughness in women having to carry the load of family survival in dire circumstances around the worlds crisis spots. Interesting that the reunion with her brother was enough to shore Maria's faith after it had taken a pretty heavy hit!
Thank you, Frank. I'm so pleased you followed it through to the end - and you've picked up exactly on why I wanted to tell the story. The more I found out about my grandmother's life when I did my family history research, the more I felt the story needed to be told. Obviously, this is a novel and largely fiction, but many of the elements of what she, and her family endured are true.