The Sand Castle - Softcover

Taylor-Streu, Louise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426973055 ISBN 13: 9781426973055

Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

It all started innocently enough. I had dreamed of living on a lake in the north woods since I was a young girl in Michigan. Only after our family was grown and educated did we feel we could consider such a project. We went about building our beautiful retirement home in the deep woods of northern Wisconsin, only sixty miles south of Lake Superior. Construction went quite well in spite of several delays. Once we moved in and got settled, things took a slight change and unexpected events caused us to question our decision. I had always considered myself a sort of pioneer who loved the outdoors, but living our new lives up north presented a whole new environment and culture. Nature, in all it's glory, descended upon us in ways we had never anticipated back home around the big city. The Chicago area, where we had spent forty years, had not prepared us for the next ten years when we would be tested again and again.

About this title

About the Author:

I am a senior citizen who has always enjoyed writing and sdtory telling. As a younger woman I took several writing classes at the college level, where it picqued my interest. I was raised during the Great Depression and through WWII. My writing interest probably came from my Grandmother who was a one room school teacher who loved literature. She urged me to read, write and tell stories. There was no money for higher education at that time, especially since my mother was a single Mom due to my father's early death. After marrying, my focus was on my husband's career and raising our three sons. Now at last, I have time to write-and, so, I have put down on paper what I think, in retrospect, was a humorous story, although at the time I was not so sure. The names have not been changed, so, therefore, no one is protected. But they are all still friends, andI hope they will understand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1426973055
• ISBN 13: 9781426973055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76