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Separation
Separation is the first book in the Like Kindred Spirits series. It's a historical romance novel that you will always remember.
The 100-acre Georges Plantation was established in 1801 by the George family to produce tobacco leaves for the local business in Salisbury, North Carolina. The farm was worked by thirty helpers under the direction of owner Frederick George, who was now in his thirties and had taken over after his dad passed away about a year ago. (His mother had died before then.)
Mr. George was a very tall and burly man, with a large blonde mustache, who dressed like a typical southern gentleman. In 1893, he married Mary Charter. She was petite with blonde curly hair. Mary, who originally hailed from Pennsylvania, was more avant-garde than her husband. She grew up in the City and was proud of having had some schooling at home with her siblings under the guidance of their mother. Her father worked as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary cared and demonstrated compassion to the Help. The Help loved her because she cared about them, including them in family events, and treating them like kinship.
There was a chapel on the premises. Since Mary and the Help were very religious they all attended Sunday mass consistently. There was a Pastor in town who would come and officiate and who also presided over weddings and baptisms. As fond as the Help was of Mary, though, they did not like Mr. George, whom they referred to as the Master. Although he would appear to treat them like family when things were good, he would still whip them if they didn’t do their job properly. He also had a slave master called Jimmy that kept all of the Help in line. Mr. George was very secretive about Jimmy since he knew he could get into trouble if word got out that he had slaves; therefore, instead of calling Jimmy a slave master, he referred to him as “the general manager” of the farm.
Bess was one of Mr. George’s favorite workers. A tall, heavy-set African American woman in late 20’s, she was one of the youngest and strongest of the group. She was also very religious and taught her children to be religious, too. The other workers and owner respected Bess and she was considered the informal leader of the house. Her serene personality and working ethics exceeded the George family’s expectations. She even considered herself a part of the family, loving Mr. George’s parents deeply and becoming very affected by their deaths, grieving them as if they had been her own parents.
Even though emancipation had been enacted for a while, Bess was the daughter of a slave and she thought of herself as a slave, too. At fifteen years old, she was raped by Frederick George and this resulted in the birth of her daughter, Missy, in 1888. Shortly after Missy’s birth, Bess’s husband left to go North but Bess chose to remain. Despite the rape, Bess had a strong affection for Mr. George, which no one on the farm could understand.
About the Author
I am an Industrial Engineer with over 25 years experience in the health care industry. I've worked in hospitals, for physician practices, owned a cost containment agency that worked with international insurance companies and recently owned a home health agency in the state of Florida.
Throughout my career, I have maintained very high performance standards and values demonstrated by my desire for continued education and knowledge, ongoing efforts to improve upon processes, systems and customer satisfaction, and contribution and commitment to the seniors in our community.
I am passionate about writing fiction and non-fiction.
The 100-acre Georges Plantation was established in 1801 by the George family to produce tobacco leaves for the local business in Salisbury, North Carolina. The farm was worked by thirty helpers under the direction of owner Frederick George, who was now in his thirties and had taken over after his dad passed away about a year ago. (His mother had died before then.)
Mr. George was a very tall and burly man, with a large blonde mustache, who dressed like a typical southern gentleman. In 1893, he married Mary Charter. She was petite with blonde curly hair. Mary, who originally hailed from Pennsylvania, was more avant-garde than her husband. She grew up in the City and was proud of having had some schooling at home with her siblings under the guidance of their mother. Her father worked as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary cared and demonstrated compassion to the Help. The Help loved her because she cared about them, including them in family events, and treating them like kinship.
There was a chapel on the premises. Since Mary and the Help were very religious they all attended Sunday mass consistently. There was a Pastor in town who would come and officiate and who also presided over weddings and baptisms. As fond as the Help was of Mary, though, they did not like Mr. George, whom they referred to as the Master. Although he would appear to treat them like family when things were good, he would still whip them if they didn’t do their job properly. He also had a slave master called Jimmy that kept all of the Help in line. Mr. George was very secretive about Jimmy since he knew he could get into trouble if word got out that he had slaves; therefore, instead of calling Jimmy a slave master, he referred to him as “the general manager” of the farm.
Bess was one of Mr. George’s favorite workers. A tall, heavy-set African American woman in late 20’s, she was one of the youngest and strongest of the group. She was also very religious and taught her children to be religious, too. The other workers and owner respected Bess and she was considered the informal leader of the house. Her serene personality and working ethics exceeded the George family’s expectations. She even considered herself a part of the family, loving Mr. George’s parents deeply and becoming very affected by their deaths, grieving them as if they had been her own parents.
Even though emancipation had been enacted for a while, Bess was the daughter of a slave and she thought of herself as a slave, too. At fifteen years old, she was raped by Frederick George and this resulted in the birth of her daughter, Missy, in 1888. Shortly after Missy’s birth, Bess’s husband left to go North but Bess chose to remain. Despite the rape, Bess had a strong affection for Mr. George, which no one on the farm could understand.
About the Author
I am an Industrial Engineer with over 25 years experience in the health care industry. I've worked in hospitals, for physician practices, owned a cost containment agency that worked with international insurance companies and recently owned a home health agency in the state of Florida.
Throughout my career, I have maintained very high performance standards and values demonstrated by my desire for continued education and knowledge, ongoing efforts to improve upon processes, systems and customer satisfaction, and contribution and commitment to the seniors in our community.
I am passionate about writing fiction and non-fiction.
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First published January 6, 2014
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I really like this book. It was very different from others that I have read. It started a little slow but then it picked up and the plot is excellent. I strongly recommend it to my friends.
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