Family Gathering: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery Novella

Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery #0

by Beth Farrar

Join devoted genealogist, Ellie McLellan, as she nervously guides a spirited group of seniors through the art of memoir writing in the heart of the Cozy Corner Cafe. In the midst of the mid-January chill, Ellie discovers beneath the wrinkles and weathered tales of her potential students lies a treasure trove of resilience and untold dreams.

Genres: Mystery

45 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 23, 2024

About the author

Beth Farrar has been writing stories since her parents handed her a library card with which she always took out the allowed five books per week. From that moment on, her imagination was sparked. Encouragement from English teachers set her on a serious path of learning the craft.

From TV scripts to full length movies (none of which came to screen but were for pleasure and practice), she developed her writing skills by exploring various mediums. Filling notebooks with ideas, sketching characters and locations, and inventing sticky situations for the heroes and heroines to survive, is Beth's happy place (besides walking in cemeteries, but that's another story).

For fifteen years Beth wrote a monthly column, Living Country, in her local English language newspaper, Main Street, sharing interesting observations of living and raising her three sons in the country with her husband.

Having always loved genealogy, Beth melded two of her passions together and created the Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery series.

Beth's three sons now live in Montreal but she and her husband still live in their log cabin on a lake north of Montreal. They love the quiet and the bird song (sometimes way too early in the morning!). They’re not particularly fond of power outages in the deep winter months, the shoveling, or the mosquitoes in summer. But the rest = priceless!

For tips and tricks on how to write your own personal history story, head over to Beth Farrar – Author on Facebook for more information.

And being a Canadian author, please forgive the extra "l"s and wayward "u"s you may find in my work. Please don't report them, it's just the way we spell words here in the great north, eh!

Reviews

[Carol Engler · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok

Ok I didn't realize this was just a filler writing between book 1 & 2.
Since I read books 1-4 this was all stuff I kind of knew just not as deep.

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the series but this novella seemed a little late in coming to the party ! If you haven’t read the books I recommend this to you !

[Beverly Bigmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

Ellie can do no wrong in my eyes.

Beth writes so well, I always feel as if I am there with them.

[Lisa Shower · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful!

Such a sweet prelude to a book series that has continuously grown on me, book by book! The characters have become friends of mine!

[Dawn Hurst · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute short read. It consists of a handful of seniors that meet up at a local coffee shop to discuss writing their menoirs. Some of them are a little less excited to dig into their past and I feel like this is the start of a series maybe? I expect there's more to learn about these seniors than what was in the pages of this book.

[Nikolina · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this after the 6 books in the series

It was a bit anti-climatic that way but I still enjoyed it I love the way BF writes. Entertainment, Genealogical lessons, budding friends, and old ones too. Please write more Beth

[Mary Yelton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Family Gatherings

The only thing I didn't like about this book is it wasn't long enough! I could have read on and on!

[Christy Morris-Colley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this novella. I was in hopes I would enjoy it because I love doing genealogy and enjoy mysteries. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

[DIANE GRAY · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book should be read first.

I read books 1-7 first. But I would have had a better understanding of the people had I read the novella first.

[Arlys Veen · Rating 5 out of 5]

introducing genealogy

This is a novella, so not very long. I think it is introducing the characters in the eries and introducing genealogy, which I love

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ellie is sets our to guide a group of seniors in writing their memoirs.