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A graduate of Columbia Journalism School, Mary Carter Bishop was on the Philadelphia Inquirer team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of nuclear leaks at Three Mile Island. Her Roanoke Times World-News series on poisonings and fraud by exterminators and other pesticide users won a George mehr anzeigen Polk Award and was a Pulitzer finalist. weniger anzeigen

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This must have been so painful for the author to write. She was raised by her parents in Keswick, Virginia, a very scenic area that had long attracted rich people for its beauty. The rich had a hunt club and still hunt foxes with hounds. Seems like that they are imitating the English. There was little to none middle class. It used to be that slaves carried out the roles of taking care of the rich. But after there was no more slavery, the poor whites took their jobs. Mary Carter Bishop's mother worked as a nurse to the children of the rich and her husband had a variety of jobs. taking care of the horses, gardens and being a general jack of all trades.

Mary lived a happy and contented life. They were poor but she was pampered by her parents. Later on, when she applied for a passport, she was shocked to find out that she had a half brother. When she asked about him, neither parent gave her much information. One time, her mother said that she had made a terrible mistake in her life that she could never forgive herself for.

Mary did find out what happened before her parents died and tried to form a sister-brother relationship with him but waited until after, her parents passed, to interview friends and relatives, and read old newspapers before she put together this truly painful story.

I encourage everyone to read and learn from this story. Many of the horrible things that happened to her half brother was the fault of the society at the time and place. I learned so much from this book. The mother suffered from guilt but her son suffered tremendously.

I received an advanced reading copy of this book from the Publisher as a win from FirstReads but that in no way made a difference in my thoughts or feelings in this review.
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