Six sentences from The Ruth Chernock Series, Book 1, Regarding Ruth for Six Sentences FB Group at: Link to Six Sentences FB Group
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Over 200 years after Ruth was hung in East Grantham, Maine, her family still lives in the small town. As the centuries passed the truth about Ruth's life and death were rewritten. But the time has come for the story to be brought to light again. Cousins who have descended from Ruth have differing opinions of the stories told and one of them means to find out first hand.
Growing up, I had heard several versions of my great-great-grandmother Ruth's life story. On a mission, I set out to dig up the truth and hopefully to set my cousin straight. So many years had passed that no-one in my family knew the fully details any longer. I discovered journals and documents that had belonged to Ruth and her family. With additional research through public records and newspaper archives I was able to piece together more of her tale. But the biggest surprise was uncovered in the journal I obtained from the archives of the judge who presided over Ruth's trial.
This book is a work of historical fiction, but the story needed to be believable to work with what is to come.
Ruth is neither the first, and won't be the last, to have had her history re-written.
ReplyDeleteTo paraphrase Napoleaon, history is written by the survivors.
My snippet this week also involves a fictitious event that needed to seem real, so I got a friend to write an article about it.
Intriguing snippet. I love research into past ancestors and am wondering what she's discovered in the judge's archives.
ReplyDeleteNice setup for all the revelations to come, not to mention the potential for family drama. Great snippet!
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I'm really intrigued, and I loved your voice in here :)
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous! I love stories like this and I'm eager to read it. Is it already written and published? A WIP?
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