New Book Published
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Phil Baxter was a successful young architect and his wife, Catherine, the vice president of an advertising agency and public relations firm in New York. Their futures could not have been brighter until September 11, 2001, when everything changed. The World Trade Center is destroyed, and with the falling of its towers, so falls all Phil and Cathy hold dear.
They must start fresh. Serendipitously, the night before 9/11, Phil attends a presentation that promises a lifestyle change. Of course, he could never have known change is imminent. But now, he and his wife seek life elsewhere, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. There, they discover a Victorian retreat and resort in desperate need of update.
They consider it God’s plan for their lives.
Together, they create the Grand Lady Victorian Mansion: a place of beauty and peace with an Event Barn, an Equestrian School, a Ski Lodge, and an adjacent Organic Farm. Phil and Cathy find a new start amidst the wreckage of their lives, and in so doing, discover new friends–who may need rebuilding themselves.
The book contains illustrations by a talented young artist, Sarah Chimento, who created pen and ink sketches with finesse and expertise. Whispering Woods is intended to be the first in a series of books bringing people to Whispering Woods Estates. Hopefully, it will attract many readers eager to live this life vicariously. The author has enjoyed creating the place, the people, and the spirit it takes to renovate property and positively affect the lives of those who live and visit there.
LifeRich Publishing has done a phenomenal job of producing this book. This writer found them through winning First Prize in the 2014 Reminisce and LifeRich Publishing Writing Contest in November 2014 with her manuscript, now a book, called Rocking Chair Porch: Summers with Grandma. This book, along with Ms. Jackson’s four previous books is available at Amazon.com.
The author appreciates comments and five star ratings for Whispering Woods on Amazon.com. Paperback and ebook formats are available for purchase.
For signed copies, please contact the author through her webpage at bettyjackson.net. The cost is $25.00 including shipping and handling. Be sure to give accurate address and payment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Betty Jackson writes fiction, nonfiction, devotionals, poetry, and frequent blogs. She is a cum laude graduate of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and holds an MA from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. She grew up in the Hudson Valley in Hudson, New York, and returns to the area through this book.
She is a National Board Certified Teacher, a Master Teacher, and has taught English/Language Arts for forty years in four states. Her other books include: It’s a God Thing! (2012), Bless You Bouquets: A Memoir (2013), Job Loss: What’s Next? A Step by Step Action Plan (2013), And God Chose Joseph: A Christmas Story (2014), and Rocking Chair Porch: Summers with Grandma (2014) She also has a collaborative short story, “Star-Crossed Lovers,” part of a Write-a-Book-in-a-Day Project of the Space Coast Writer’s Guild Conference Anthology, Love and Rockets (2015), and anticipates work published in two other anthologies in the fall of 2015. Intended completion of Winter Wonderland, the first sequel to Whispering Woods, is fall of 2015.
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