Review by Deb Czajkowski
Ellen’s grandmother has one dying request: Will Ellen personally
deliver Gran’s handwritten letter to Chet?
For her beloved Gran, of course she will! But who’s Chet?
Even when Ellen can’t locate Chet at the address Gran so helpfully
provided, Ellen remains resolute in her commitment to Gran to personally hand
the letter to Chet. Mailing it to MIA
Chet simply won’t do.
Thus begins Ellen’s journey of discovery. Discoveries, actually. Where is Chet? Who really is he, and why has he been so
important to Gran to prompt this eleventh-hour letter? Who is Ruth Goddard, the youthful Gran with
surprising secrets? And how well does
Ellen really know herself, including a family connection that goes far deeper
than Ellen ever imagined?
The dramatic first chapter is enough to get you into the book. Then the real mysteries start to surface, bit
by bit, pulling you continuously farther into Ellen’s journey and into the
book. I couldn’t wait to read each new
chapter, always eager to learn more about Gran and the secret life she took
with her to the grave. And with each new
finding, to watch Ellen’s own life unfold, a story as sweet as, well, a handful
of blueberries.
The author, Mary Simses, skillfully unfolds Gran’s story, and Ellen’s,
while making you feel like you are along for the ride and a part of each
conversation and discovery. This book is
both an easy and satisfying read. I
highly recommend it.
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About the Author:
I grew up
in Darien, Connecticut and started writing stories when I was eight. I always
loved to write but was too afraid I could never make a living as a fiction
writer, so in college I majored in journalism. I worked in magazine publishing
for a few years and then went back to school to become a lawyer. After I
graduated from law school and began working as an attorney, I enrolled in an
evening fiction writing class at a university in Connecticut, not far from
where I was living. From then on, I was hooked. I wrote a lot "on the
side," at night and on weekends, and managed to get several short stories
published in literary magazines. Finally, I took the big leap and wrote a
novel. I now live in South Florida with my husband, who is also my law partner,
and our fifteen-year-old daughter, who is quite a writer herself.
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