Goodreads asked Marianne Perry:

How do you get inspired to write?

Marianne Perry My priorities in life have always been family, genealogy and travel. Researching my family history had enabled me to learn about my ancestors as well as travel to Calabria, southern Italy, my ancestral homeland. Over the years my efforts have led to many discoveries. I've solved several family mysteries and my experiences have inspired me to write. My writing includes non-fiction genealogical research articles in magazines and professional journals as well as an historical fiction, The Inheritance. My novel is fiction, of course; nevertheless, the story did grow out of genealogical research aimed at learning about my grandmother's life in the early 1900s in Calabria prior to her emigration to Ellis Island, New York and then eventually, to Canada.

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