Doris Wingate Gartlan was born and raised in Appalachian Virginia and experienced happiness and sadness as we all have. She married and had a family of her own and eventually settled in the Lowcoun...view moreDoris Wingate Gartlan was born and raised in Appalachian Virginia and experienced happiness and sadness as we all have. She married and had a family of her own and eventually settled in the Lowcountry of coastal South Carolina. It was through this personal journey that she has based many of her writings on.view less