The Autograph Book

Product Descriptionjansje, An Unlikely Heroinemy Book, Stranger Friends Was The First Story I Felt Compelled To Write After I Raised My Five Children. I Was The Only Surviving Member Of My Family Who Remembered How My Parents Invited Social Misfits, Men And Women Of Diverse Nationalities And Backgrounds And Handicapped People To Our Home.I Have Been Carrying This Second Story In My Head And Heart Since I Was A Teenager. I Inherited The Autograph Book From My Mother, Anna, Who Received It From Her Mother, Jansje. Though I Never Met My Grandmother, I Came To Love And Admire Her Through My MotherS Vivid Storytelling.From The Authorthough This Story Is Set In The Early 1900S, Contemporary Women In Different Stages Of Their Lives Could Identify With Jansje. She Was A Single Woman Looking For A Loving Mate, She Contended With Prejudice And Gossip, She Had Problems With Her Stepson, She Became A Widow Trying To Provide For A Large Family, Adjusted To Remarriage, And The Empty Nest And Struggled With Her Emotions Upon The Death Of Her Beloved Parents.About The Authorauthor Turns Ancestry Search Into Heartwarming Book! Many People Are Investigating Their Roots. My Intensive Quest For My Grandmother, Jansje, Became The Autograph Book. My Mother Gave Me The Original Autograph Book Filled With Poems Of Friends And Family Written In Dutch. I Cherished The Book, But I Only Had The Verses Translated Recently, So I Could Read The Entries And Some Are Included In My Book. Though The Book Is Fictionalized, Any Stories That My Mother Told Me About My GrandmotherS Life Are Included. After Raising My 5 Children, I Wrote My First Book, Stranger Friends, Published In 2005. I Am Freelance Writer For Magazines And Trade Publications, A Public Speaker And Singer.