{"id":2838,"date":"2020-06-12T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2020-05-21T19:56:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T01:56:47","slug":"until-june-by-barbara-m-britton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/until-june-by-barbara-m-britton\/","title":{"rendered":"Until June by Barbara M. Britton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tVacations are supposed to be relaxing. That’s what I thought when I booked an Alaskan cruise for my twentieth wedding anniversary. When our ship docked in Juneau, my family took a sea plane out to the Taku Glacier Lodge. We wanted to see the scenery of Alaska, maybe glimpse a black bear, and view a glacier from the lodge steps. Little did I know that over lunch I would hear a story that would set my mind to churning.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Taku Lodge has been in existence since the 1920’s. At one time, a WWI veteran and his caregiver lived at the lodge. Later, I found out that the two trained sled dogs. I kept thinking a man and a woman alone in a lodge<\/i>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tI don’t know what war wounds the veteran received, and I don’t know much about the caregiver except her name and that she hailed from my state of Wisconsin. But in my head a novel was born. I began writing “Until June” over a decade ago. And today, I am thrilled that Geoff and Josephine are going to have their day in the sun.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tI hope you enjoy my story that started on a vacation long ago. A wounded warrior, a devoted seamstress, and an abandoned dog all find hope and love at a true-to-life lodge.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHas a vacation ever birthed a story in your brain?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n