Lynne Golding
I got the idea to write the Beneath the Alders series from the stories my great aunt told me about her life in the last century. She was 100 when I helped her move back to Peel County in 2003. I'd visit her every week and she would tell me stories about her life.
She was still quite lucid then and enjoyed telling me stories about her life. In around 2005, I suggested to her that I needed to write down those stories. “Yes,” she said, “you should.”
Then while I was looking for a topic to write about it occurred to me that I might be able to do something with her stories. “Jessie,” I said, “I should write a book about your stories.” “Yes,” she said, “you should.”
As the years went on Jessie became less lucid; the stories she told receded further and further into her younger years and became very repetitive. Eventually I stopped writing them down but by that point I was well on my way with the book of which she is the protagonist.
She was still quite lucid then and enjoyed telling me stories about her life. In around 2005, I suggested to her that I needed to write down those stories. “Yes,” she said, “you should.”
Then while I was looking for a topic to write about it occurred to me that I might be able to do something with her stories. “Jessie,” I said, “I should write a book about your stories.” “Yes,” she said, “you should.”
As the years went on Jessie became less lucid; the stories she told receded further and further into her younger years and became very repetitive. Eventually I stopped writing them down but by that point I was well on my way with the book of which she is the protagonist.
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