Betsey Anne

Betsey Annebydiana Buckley Drawn By A Charm That Jefferson Seemed Able To Turn On And Off At Will And Longing For A Home And Children Of Her Own Betsey Anne Plunged Into Marriage With A Man She Hardly Knew. But Life On The Michigan Homestead Was Far From Idyllic In A Rough Two-Room Cabin With A Dirt Floor. Though Neighbors Cleared Their Land And Developed Successful Farms Jefferson Was Unable To Make A Living On His Place Leaving Betsey A Skilled Seamstress No Choice But To Take In Sewing As She Struggled To Care For Her Growing Family. Jefferson'S Charm Was More Consistently Off Than On And Frequently He Would Be Absent From Home For Days At A Time With No Explanation. Duty Became Betsey Anne'S Constant Companion Though Sometimes She Viewed It As A Penance To Be Borne And Other Times She Virtually Wrapped It Around Her Shoulders Like A Warm Blanket. Always She Longed For The Peace Contentment And Fulfillment That Others Seemed To Find So Easily. Would It Elude Her Forever? Or Would She Finally See That It Had Been Within Her Grasp All Along? Set In Rural Michigan During The Civil War Betsey Anne Is A Story Of Love And Loss Hardship And Joy And A Young Woman'S Journey To Lasting Inner Peace. About The Author: Diana Buckley Lives With Her Husband And Son In Texas Where She Is Employed As The Human Services Director For County Government. She Also Works As A Freelance Writer Primarily In The Political Arena Writing Correspondence Advertising Literature Speeches And Website Content. Her News Sports And Feature Articles And Humorous Op-Ed Columns Have Appeared In A Number Of Local Newspapers And Magazines. A Talented Storyteller Buckley Has Recorded Two Audio Volumes A Family Christmas And The Old Family Toothbrush Both Of Which Enjoyed Great Regional Success. Betsey Anne Is Buckley'S First Full-Length Commercial Novel.