I want you to meet my friend, Penelope Marzec. She is
an author with a staggering amount of novels to her credit.
Penny and I have never met face to face, but we are long-term
friends. We met in 2012, when our publisher published my first book, and Penny
was already an experienced novelist with the same company.
We have a lot in common. We are about the same age,
and we both have been married to our husbands for years. We each gave birth to
three daughters.
In a few ways, we are different. She is a devout
Catholic, and I’m a dedicated Baptist, but we are both committed Christians. She is a Democrat, and I am a Republican, but
we respect each other, and we can talk about our differences without anger or
insinuations.
Penny’s latest book, Love’s Gift, is another book to interest
and enlighten you. She writes about the Transcontinental Railroad. I asked her how she came up with that idea,
and here’s what she said.
From him, I
learned about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Chinese laborers
were recruited to come to this country to help build the railroad. They were
given lower wages than the whites plus their work in tunneling through the
Sierra Nevada Mountains was the most
dangerous. Yet, they were excluded from the famous photograph that marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in Utah, which was celebrated by the hammering of the Golden Spike.
to carry
residency papers with them at all times. Otherwise, they could be sent to
China. It’s a sad part of our country’s history, but my heroine perseveres
helped by her faith.”
This is a wonderful book, and I hope you will buy it and leave a review!
I'm published a video about Penny and this book. Perhaps you'd like to see it.
Gay,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting this!
Penny