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Elizabeth Garden

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http://treeoflives.net

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Fiction, Paranormal, Memoir

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Elizabeth Garden is an award-winning author and artist, whose psychological insight into emotional trauma and familial conflict has endeared her to survivors of childhood abuse.

Her achievements include serving as the Art Director of high profile magazines, such as the Boston Herald Sunday Magazine, South Florida Magazine, Blockbuster Magazine, and Ocean Drive Magazine.

Her autobiographical novel, “Tree of Lives,” is a magnificent epic of a young woman's survival and atonement of a hereditary curse that ultimately destroys her family in 20th Century America.

In 2019, “Tree of Lives” entered its 3rd print edition, and was recently released in audiobook format through Audible, narrated by Garden, herself.

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?

Elizabeth Garden The sound of gravel shooting out in all directions and the blinding glare of high headlights announced a large car was now idling in front of the Ruth…moreThe sound of gravel shooting out in all directions and the blinding glare of high headlights announced a large car was now idling in front of the Ruth's garage where she was inside, dusting the chair she had on Craig's List. The silhouettes of two hulking, silent men, one with a large gun and the other with a rope, entered the space and quietly slid the barn door closed.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Elizabeth Garden I write if there is something I noticed and want to express or point out. So, in that sense, I'm lucky I don't HAVE to write, just to write. I didn't …moreI write if there is something I noticed and want to express or point out. So, in that sense, I'm lucky I don't HAVE to write, just to write. I didn't know what order things would happen in my story, either. I worried about the composition later, and wrote vignettes. It helped to get up really early, like about 4 am, when all was quiet. The only problem with that was that my dog got up with me and still expects to eat at 4 am! At least she can hold on until 6 now, but I'm still an early riser.(less)

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A letter to Beth Bruno

Dear Beth,

I loved your essay, Losing My Daughter When She’s Still Alive. My heart cries in the same key as yours — I was also fired by my daughter, ten years ago.

Our plot points are somewhat similar, though my daughter was conceived by accident on the last night of a months-long relationship with an Bengali sculptor from art school. In the abortion clinic waiting room, I realized that even though

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“I believe nobody really dies. We are energy and continue to exist. So where else would our spirits go than where there is the magnet of love, where we have a shared interest?”
― Elizabeth Garden, TREE OF LIVES: My rocky path out of the Wildwoods

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“She hoped her words rang true about her lost daughter Sarai as well, whom she hadn’t seen in over eighteen years, though she still thought about her every day and still prayed for a kind word from her. Or even a cranky one.”
― Elizabeth Garden, TREE OF LIVES: My rocky path out of the Wildwoods

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“One thing was certain, even standing still on this path led the little family of three in the opposite direction of the girls’ deadbeat father.”
― Elizabeth Garden, TREE OF LIVES: My rocky path out of the Wildwoods