Jeanette

Jeanette asked Julia Alvarez:

Julia, I just finished writing a book about the Dominican Republic where I spent three years as a missionary. My beta readers have said the setting is so powerful it is like "another character in the book." It is about a missionary who is falsely accused of killing his companion, how the loss & his time in jail changes him, and how an adoring girl proves him innocent. Would you be interested in reviewing the book?

Julia Alvarez
Dear Jeanette,

This is Bill, Julia’s husband. Julia had a setback last fall, which involved two major eye surgeries, and loss of vision in the eye, with resulting double vision. She doesn’t want to burden you with her grim news, but she has had to curtail the reading and writing she does do, which includes trying to finish a novel due soon. So she sends her regrets and good wishes.Thanks for your understanding, Bill

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