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Goodreads asked Ruth Badley:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Ruth Badley The mysterious death of my maternal grandmother was the inspiration for my first book, Where are the grown-ups? Her death at the age of 25 had a profound impact on 3 generations but no one in my family spoke of it. It was left to me to uncover the details and tell her story.

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