Goodreads asked C.H. Armstrong:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

C.H. Armstrong My new novel, The Edge of Nowhere, was inspired by my own family's struggles during the 1930s Oklahoma Dust Bowl. Like the main character in this book (Victoria) who was widowed in her 20s with a blended family of 12 children, my grandmother was also widowed in her 20s during this time with a combined 14 children.

Many of the actual scenes depicted within the book are actually taken from family anecdotes. I don't want to give anything away, but -- in one particular case -- a child contracts a very deadly illness and overcomes it. That child was, in real life, my own father. By all rights he should've died, but he lived to tell the tale and is now almost 84.

If you read the book and are interested, shoot me an email and I'll tell you which scenes were completely fiction, and which ones were based upon actual events. The answers may surprise you!

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