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Phillipa Annesley Scrivens
Phillipa Annesley Scrivens, born in London, England, was a delightful English lady who lived through some of the world’s biggest events. A swami in London once told her that she mu...view morePhillipa Annesley Scrivens, born in London, England, was a delightful English lady who lived through some of the world’s biggest events. A swami in London once told her that she must write her life story and it would be very popular. Phillipa told him that she hated to write essays, so it would never happen. Now, decades later, she has relayed her story through many months of recalling memories through her friend, Professor Karen Jorgensen of Orlando, Florida who recorded hours and hours of their conversations. Every event detailed in this book is true. It is a labor of love for her family and friends to complete this promised project.
Karen Lox Jorgensen, originally from Roanoke, Virginia, resides in Orlando, Florida. For the last 24 years, she continues to be an Associate Professor of English at Valencia College in Orlando, as well as an award-winning realtor. Jorgensen has written four other novels in the last three years including Escape from the Union School, a semi-autobiographical novel about her first job out of college as the only white teacher in an all-black union school in eastern North Carolina and escaping from certain death by a mob the morning after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Other non-fiction novels she has written include a private genealogy book for a wealthy family in the Midwest, the myriad adventures of a world traveler, and a novel about the surviving family of a fireman who died in one of the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001. Ms. Jorgensen acknowledged that she really enjoyed the years she spent with Phillipa not only writing down her stories, but oftentimes picking her up and going for vanilla ice cream after dinner. Phillipa was always happy and talkative as she reminisced about her adult children, her grandchildren, and how she was grateful to have met the challenges of life with faith and determination. She never gave up!view less