Story Behind The Book
Early one morning, not long after the Second World War, a woman is taken out of her cell and hanged. How do I feel about that? The answer is: uncomfortable. The story of Ruth Ellis influenced my fictional story of Alice Waters. Like Edith Thompson, Ellis was convicted of immorality rather than weight of evidence. There were a number of extenuating circumstances where she was concerned. She also left a daughter, an innocent victim. Alice's crime is nastier than Ellis's. She poisoned her lover's wife and child. She left behind a little daughter and people who loved and suffered for her for decades. When, years later, her daughter and granddaughter go in search of the truth - will they discover a monster outside the understanding of humanity? Can she be understood and forgiven? Read the book and find out.
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#ff0000;font-size:10pt;">What Youwriteon reviewers had to say about 'The Legacy of Alice Waters': </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">...this is superb - it's heart wrenching, emotional and very well written... </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></span></strong></p> <p></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">a very talented writer to keep so many balls juggling with such ease, well done. ..S. Birch </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> </span></strong></p> <p></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">a rich interweaving of plot lines. . . </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> </span></strong></p> <p></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">I loved the idea of the journals, the explanation of why Alice did what she did…gradually revealed to the reader as it is to her daughter. . . <br /></span></strong><span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua';"><font size="3"><br />G. Gibbons by email:</font></span></p> <p></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua';"></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font> </p><span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua';"><font size="3">I so enjoyed your book, which was beautifully written. It kept me riveted all Christmas Eve after I played Santa for my daughter and Christmas Day after cooking the roast. I loved the suspense and the wonderful female characters – Dessie, Maddie, Emily, Harriet. It was tragic on the one hand, but triumphant on the other – I loved that Maddie walked out on her deadbeat cheating husband (none of the married men seem to have understood the meaning of fidelity) and that the truth really did set her free in so many ways.</font></span> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">find further reviews at: </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8199343"><span style="color:#000000;">http://www.librarything.com/work/8199343</span></a>; </span></strong></p> <p></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=frankieshaw"><span style="color:#000000;">http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=frankieshaw</span></a> </span></strong></p> <p></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Book Antiqua';"></span></p> <p><font size="3"></font> </p>