Emerging from hibernation--with a new book! by Jane Kelley
Hibernation: the condition of an animal spending the winter in a dormant state.
The groundhogs sleep in their special winter burrow. It's deeper than the other one––below the frost line––so that the temperature will be moderate. The groundhogs have bulked up before going underground. In cold climates, they won't wake up for six months. They'll be thin and hungry. But the world has tilted in their favor and they can find food again. Groundhogs are one of the few species that undergoes a TRUE hibernation.
And then there is nothing. For months. And months.
But it's okay. Really. Because, like our friends the groundhogs, we have stored up what will sustain us. Our vision for our books. Our belief that they matter. Our love for what we do.
Finally it's Pub day. We come out of our burrows and introduce our books to the world.
Hello, everybody! Meet Mary Jemison, a courageous young woman who lived during the French and Indian War. She was captured by French and Shawnee warriors. Her family was killed. After she was adopted by the Seneca, she had to learn how to live with them. It wasn't easy to adapt to a new way of life, but she did. Could she love them enough to want to stay in their world?
Hello, everybody! Meet Mary Jemison, a courageous young woman who lived during the French and Indian War. She was captured by French and Shawnee warriors. Her family was killed. After she was adopted by the Seneca, she had to learn how to live with them. It wasn't easy to adapt to a new way of life, but she did. Could she love them enough to want to stay in their world?
I share the pseudonym E.F. Abbott with three other amazing writers who have also written books BASED ON A TRUE STORY. For more information about the series, click on this link.
Your analogy about groundhogs is pretty spot on. I sometimes feel like I don't stored up all I should during those wait times, though. :) Books based on true stories are always intriguing and Mary's definitely sounds like that.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Truth was definitely more powerful than fiction in Mary's case. And you may have more reserves than you know : )
DeleteLove discovering stories about past "unsung" heroes...especially women. Sounds like a great book, Jane. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteMary's Seneca sisters were heroes, too, for adopting her!
DeleteI would have gobbled that book up as a young reader!
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