Betty Whitaker Jackson

Since 9.11 is such a big part of the life of the Baxter family in my latest book, Whispering Woods, I am including chapters of that book as my blog leading up to 9.11 this year. This chapter recounts what happened to Ben Goddard whose office was in World Trade Center #7:

“Building Number 7 caught fire pretty soon after the towers were hit. Lots of debris fell on it, and before anyone knew it, the roof was engulfed. Seems…..

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This is a journal entry in my upcoming book, Winter Wonderland, sequel to Whispering Woods published in August. In it, Jean, the nanny to Michael and Kelsey recount the harrowing events of that day, when she would leave the condo just down the block from the Trade Towers to escort children from their neighborhood school to one in Greenwich Village. To read more, see my blogs for the past three Fridays at this site, or purchase Whispering Woods at Amazon.com…..

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After taking a forced hiatus from writing for over a week, I find myself in a quandary. I thought last week that I had the free time to do a complete read-through of the 183 page draft of the book. I have given a copy to Faith, my illustrator, and for the most part had ignored writing time because two full days of babysitting intervened, plus my major role in putting on a Birthday Bash for the church’s Best Yet…..

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For this week’s edition of Whispering Woods, I include a chapter from the book. We have less than a month before the anniversary of 9.11, so the plan is to lead up to that event which is recounted in Whispering Woods. On that fateful day, Cathy and Phil Baxter lose their businesses and their condo, all too near the disaster zone.

Here is chapter one of Whispering Woods:

CHAPTER ONE

 “The path of the righteous is like the first gleam…..