Christine Dillon
Christine Dillon asked Ruth Bonetti:

What do you owe the real people whose stories you use?

Ruth Bonetti Thanks for the interesting question, Christine. In the final pages of Midnight Sun I reflected:
"What have I learned from the brothers? How do their strengths and
weaknesses emerge in my life? We are all mixtures of personality traits.
Granddad has passed on his ingenuity, vision and breadth of experience.
Often I quote his motto of ‘Just do it.’ He had faith and an ability to turn
difficult situations to positives, to innovate and find opportunities at every turn.
I feel an affinity with KJ because he was an author, and a self–published one.
Granddad took seriously his role as patriarch and had a genuine
care for his flock of descendants, relatives and emigrant Finns. He was
concerned to establish his sons and grandsons. WA inspired us all with
his generosity and enterprise."

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