My childhood was lonely. My father, the senator, never liked me. I wasn’t beautiful like Mama. I was plain. He had no time for me and made sure Mama’s time was tied up in Atlanta’s high society. I later learned about their arranged marriage, which benefitted him.
Nobody knows for sure where my strange “talent” came from, but by the time I was four years old, I could make my dolls talk. By six, I could throw my voice across the room. That’s how I entertained myself and the servants. But the senator beat me because it embarrassed him.
I learned to stay far away from him. Mama did her best to protect me. She and Pearl, our cook, often hid my dolls and me, for that matter. What helped me the most was my friends. When I started school, I met Martha Anne, Glenice Jo, Trudie and Millie. Our mamas were friends, and they were delighted when we became best friends too. When the senator’s temper raged against me, Mama would make a telephone call and Millie’s or Martha Anne’s mama would come pick me up for an overnight.
The senator stayed away from home as often as he could. There were rumors about women, but Mama never mentioned them. I think her friends helped her through any embarrassment. Watching their marriage, I learned that men aren’t trustworthy. They only cared about themselves.
Mama told me stories about the plain garden faerie named Sugar Pie who lived in our yard. She told me, “When the Michaelmas Daisies bloomed, the Sugar Pie became beautiful, just as you will. You aren’t plain, Cora. You simply haven’t bloomed yet.” After she told me that story, she began to call me Sugar-pie, to reinforce her words.
Unfortunately, the senator’s harsh criticism soon obliterated Mama’s.
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Ane is offering winner's choice of signed Paperback or Ebook in
drawing Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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My Story Title: ON SUGAR Hill
My Story Genre: Historical Romance
My Story Released: June 1, 2021
NEWLY RELEASED
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The Author of My Story: Ane Mulligan
Ane Mulligan has been a voracious reader ever since her mom
instilled within her a love of reading at age three, escaping into worlds
otherwise unknown. But when Ane saw PETER
PAN on stage, she was struck with a fever from which she never
recovered—stage fever. She submerged herself in drama through high school and
college. One day, her two loves collided, and a bestselling, award-winning
novelist emerged. She lives in Sugar Hill, GA, with
her artist husband and a rascally Rottweiler.
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