So Long, Little Egypt - Scott, Nancy
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Though outwardly successful, young Anne Christie's prominent midwestern coal-mining family is deeply troubled - Anne especially. While growing up during the late 1950s, Anne becomes convinced that her mother hates her. Emotionally isolated at home, she seeks love and approval in the arms of the many men who pursue her. As she embarks on a journey that will take her to New York in pursuit of a modeling career, Anne doesn't dream that one day her past will come back to haunt her. When Anne meets and marries Billy Kane, a jazz musician with an explosive personality, her mother makes it known that…mehr

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Though outwardly successful, young Anne Christie's prominent midwestern coal-mining family is deeply troubled - Anne especially. While growing up during the late 1950s, Anne becomes convinced that her mother hates her. Emotionally isolated at home, she seeks love and approval in the arms of the many men who pursue her. As she embarks on a journey that will take her to New York in pursuit of a modeling career, Anne doesn't dream that one day her past will come back to haunt her. When Anne meets and marries Billy Kane, a jazz musician with an explosive personality, her mother makes it known that she does not approve. Anne and Billy move to the suburbs with their young children, but when Anne discovers that there are other women in Billy's life, the marriage disintegrates. Seeking a new romantic attachment in 1970, Anne immerses herself in Manhattan's wild singles scene. After two years she tires of this lifestyle and comes home to her children and the young man she will eventually marry. But though Anne works hard to create a stable life for her family, her painful relationship with her mother keeps interfering. As she attempts to unearth her true identity, Anne explores love, motherhood, and middle age and finds a new life at the center of a series of personal losses.
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Nancy Scott: Having spent the first half of her life in British Columbia and the next half in Virginia, Nancy and her husband have embarked on a new chapter to be closer to their daughter, son-in-law, and three amazing grandchildren in North Augusta, South Carolina. Nancy's background includes a degree in French from UBC, a master's degree in Education from UMW, and 25 years teaching grades 3-8 and Gifted Education. Nancy hopes this book is read often and with great enthusiasm, laughter, and fun, after which she imagines readers far and wide sharing an apple or two with a friend. Anne Danielson: Classically trained as a chemical engineer, Anne left her industrial job to focus on being a loving mother of her three children. Anne's children love reading, and even more, making their own stories and expressing themselves through imaginative play with their favorite stuffed animals. Anne draws inspiration during these special moments and hopes to inspire kids through story to have compassion for others no matter how different they, or their problems, may be.