Linda
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Sallie Bissell:
I adore the Mary Crow series and devour the books. Mary is resilient and compassionate at the same time. Is Mary based on a composite of strong women that you may know or perhaps one in particular?
Sallie Bissell
Hi Linda--
Thanks so much for your question, and your kind words about Mary Crow. She is a composite--someone whose strength and compassion came through a lot of painful experiences--the death of her mother and being an outsider in both the Cherokee and white worlds. She treasures her friends because she knows what it's like not to have friends and she's obsessed with justice because she knows how it feels when justice is elusive. Mary is much smarter and braver than me, but we do both play tennis. Also, I would like to have her black Miata! Again, thanks for writing and I hope you enjoy "Judgment of Whispers" which comes out tomorrow.
Thanks so much for your question, and your kind words about Mary Crow. She is a composite--someone whose strength and compassion came through a lot of painful experiences--the death of her mother and being an outsider in both the Cherokee and white worlds. She treasures her friends because she knows what it's like not to have friends and she's obsessed with justice because she knows how it feels when justice is elusive. Mary is much smarter and braver than me, but we do both play tennis. Also, I would like to have her black Miata! Again, thanks for writing and I hope you enjoy "Judgment of Whispers" which comes out tomorrow.
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