The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Today's book talk takes us to northern England, the setting for Jane Eyre.  My daughter took today's photos on a free day from her studies at Cambridge. She graciously loaned them to me when I mentioned you and I would virtually explore the area. I've not been to England although it is very high on my bucket list. Isn't it on yours as well? So, let's talk about Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte while we walk through English gardens and country roads. I won't bore you with a summary, the book is short and an easy read. My thoughts drift to Jane who lived a unique Cinderella story.  Typhus is among the first evil characters in this story. It kills Jane's parents leaving her an orphan. The fever, headache, and rash symptoms are a result of overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions.  In Jane's day, as for Cinderella, a person could fall from status in a heartbeat by becoming an orphan. Their intellig...

Julie Lessman is my guest today and her Cinderella story is one for all of us. Cinderella's Influence My journey as an author actually came LONG before my journey with God. It happened the moment I read  Gone With the Wind  at the age of twelve. The instant that Scarlett seared Rhett with a look on the winding staircase of Twelve Oaks, I was hooked.  Fast forward almost forty years later—I was sitting in a beauty parlor reading a  Newsweek  magazine cover article about Christian entertainment. It said Christian books, movies and music were on the threshold of exploding. My heart jumped, and something in my spirit said, “It’s time to finish your book.”  Now, I have to be honest with you—up until that moment, I had never seriously considered writing a book. But the pull was so strong I started writing and ended up selling the book to Revell.  Happily ever after, right? My jour...