Comfort is a sequel to Blue. I wrote it because Blue’s protagonist, Ann Fay Honeycutt would not let go of me. I kept hearing her voice in my head. In Blue she had survived difficult times. But I knew that life held more challenges for her.
I wanted to find out what happened next. So I began to explore Ann Fay’s life where Blue leaves off. In Comfort she faces the after-effects of polio and war. Her home life threatens to fall apart and going to school with a disability shakes her too. So she spends time in Warm Springs, Georgia where she not only receives therapy but also makes friends and gains a new self-confidence.
Her Warm Springs experience does not change the challenges at home but it does equip her for for facing them.
Calkins Creek Books, Spring 2009
AWARDS AND HONORS
Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books of the Year 2010
COMFORT was featured at SELTI - (Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative) – a blog which explores the intersection of literature and travel.
RELATED LINKS
Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute
US Dept. of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD
Patience Press – publisher of books and literature about Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder (PTSD