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Southern Ariz. Authors
Arizona Star, April 1, 2007 by J.C. Martin
Families, fictional and real, are a popular topic for authors young, old, veteran and novice. Often authors use family stories, recollections and diaries as a basis on which to build their work.
In "Mary George: Her Book" (PublishAmerica, $24.95) Green Valley author Marilyn Anne Pate writes she has used her grandmother's life as a guide in painting a picture of Mormon pioneer life in the West in the 1880s. The George family's lot was filled with high purpose and grim hardship. At 8, bright, independent Mary is her exhausted 26-year-old mother's only helper in caring for a family that included eight children. Eventually, Mary shakes free to marry the man she loves.
The full text of this article can be found at The Arizona Star.
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