Not Far from the Tree: Fictionalized Memoirs

Inspired by acceptance of several articles about email correspondence with her three college students who chose colleges in different areas of the United States, Esther C. Gropper adapted the email to recollections of her own life experiences and then went beyond those boundaries into imaginative scenarios. She shared many intimate thoughts from her granddaughters who asked her to share her life experiences with them. They asked for counsel about their own dilemmas. Each was caught up in a contemporary perplexity that affects women seeking a career and good marriage. These awakened her won feelings and thoughts that she shared with them. A strong bond exists as a consequence. Events are placed in historic prospective which make the book a personal documentation of a changing society, of turbulent times. They are woven together by family ties and loyalties.