"Gone With the Wind" prequel to focus on Mammy.

[Jim]

My publisher e-mailed this AP wire to me. It may be of interest to some group members.

New York (AP) - Decades after publication of "Gone With the Wind", Mammy is finally getting a back story.

Simon & Schuster imprint Atria announced Thursday that it will publish Donald McCaig's "Ruth's Journey" in October. A prequel to Margaret Mitchell's million-selling 1936 novel, the book was authorized by Mitchell's estate. McCaig previously wrote an authorized spinoff focused on Rhett Butler, "Rhett's People".

"Ruth's Journey" will track Scarlett O'Hara's no-nonsense servant's life from her arrival in Georgia in the early 19th. century.

[Anne]

I can't wait for Mammy's story. Rhett's People was good.

Spin-offs are interesting. Sometimes I just love seeing the a favorite story through a different set of eyes. I can't seem to stop reading Pride and Prejudice from Darcy's point of view.

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I have already seen "Gone With The Wind," so therefore I would love to read this story about Scarlett O'Hara's slave who was named Mammy. Whenever it becomes available, I will be ready and waiting to read it. I am so excited to hear about this.