Lisa Mcbroom
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Ellen Marie Wiseman:
I am reading The Lost Girls of Willowbrook and I am liking it. I was a teen when Geraldo Rivers exposed the horrible conditions at Willowbrook.. My question is at one point you refer to someone as colored which in some circles is politically incorrect ..were you writing the term as from Sage's point of view? or the time period? Sorry the question is so long!
Ellen Marie Wiseman
Hi, Thanks so much for reading THE LOST GIRLS OF WILLOWBROOK, I'm happy to hear you're enjoying it! To answer your question, the use of words such as “idiot”, “moron”, “retarded”, “feeble-minded”, “crippled”, and “colored” in the book were used as historically accurate terms to represent the era in which the story takes place. Thanks, again!
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Jenny Belk
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Ellen Marie Wiseman:
Hi Ellen: What inspires you to pick the topics of your historical fiction books?
Nora-adrienne
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Ellen Marie Wiseman:
What made you choose that Horror House to write about? When my great aunt and uncle became to old to care for their daughter Marilyn she was placed in Willowbrook where she lived out her life. I used to see her walking around the neighborhood or standing in front of their house saying hello to everyone that walked past.
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