Sainte Lillian's Missouri

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A coming of age novel about three sisters and abeautiful town in the Missouri Ozarks, (on the map in the author's mind, somewhere near Sainte Genevieve, nearthe Mississippi River but sheltered by the Ozarks.) "Sainte Lillian's Missouri" embraces the years 1942-1957.As America joins the allies in World War Two, changebegins to creep into a pastoral way of life. Aftermath of the war shows a world, a country, a small town and a familyface to face with a new world order. White superiority and black servitude wereestablished and comfortable roles in mid-America and the South until the end ofthe war. Returning servicemen, both black and white brought new ideas home.Suddenly, equality and freedom were no longer words in history books. Spilledblood had changed lives forever.How the little town of Sainte Lillian's, Missouri, and three sisters face these challenges is the heart of the story and, a storythat warms the heart.The character, Sainte Lillian, the town of SainteLillian's and all its people are a work of fiction. and as such are a blendingof personalities and places encountered by the author, and, in no way resembleanyone living or dead.