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Miss Emma's Way
Miss Emma's Way
Miss Emma's Way
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Miss Emma's Way

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Mrs. Emmaline O'Connor Weldon, known to her friends as Miss Emma desperately wanted two sons of her own.

She was married to a railroad engineer who was unable to give her children. All of her life was geared toward the two fantasy sons that never existed. She went so far as to prepare rooms for them in her home. Her husband humored her, knowing that she had made herself ill in her pursuit of her dreams, but it was not to be.

Her husband died a natural death leaving Miss Emma with enough income to last for the rest of her life. Shortly thereafter the stock market crash of 1929 occurred and she lost everything. Left nearly destitute, she had no choice but to seek employment. Trained only as a housewife, she had one option, and that was to find a job as a housekeeper for a wealthy family.

She found employment with an attorney who was the father of four young children, two boys and two girls. His wife was bedridden and near the point of death.

Told that the wife had cancer, the motherly Miss Emma moved in and took over the household. She quickly became suspicious of the wife's illness. The actions of the attorney-husband made her suspect that the lady was slowly being poisoned. She alerted a detective about her qualms.

The story winds through a maze of activity on the part of the characters. To complicate matters, the attorney's wife eventually died. Her death was followed a few months later by the mysterious death of the two girls. The only family left was the father and the two boys. Convinced that the attorney had murdered some of his family, Miss Emma's attempts to get the father indicted for murder failed. This one ends in a most unusual way.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJack W. Boone
Release dateDec 1, 2010
ISBN9781458156471
Miss Emma's Way
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Jack W. Boone

Jack W. Boone began his adult life by spending four years in the US Army during WW II. He was selected for training by British Commandos in Scotland for future invasions, raids on enemy territory and close combat operations. He participated in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily. For his combat roles, he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. After returning to the United States he was assigned as an assistant G3 and combat training officer. He commanded a training facility for special operations. He left the service after the war.Prior to, during and after his military years, he came to know several writers and other creative people. The group spent a lot of their free time discussing writing and the arts and what they hoped would be their role in it in the future. During that time, he was only an interested observer with no thought of participating, however that experience probably planted the seed for him to become a writer later.After his discharge the challenge of business took over and he spent the next forty years building his very successful group of companies. They were in real estate, mortgage banking, construction, land development, property syndication, publishing and several other related fields. He has received national publicity for his various business activities on several occasions.After he retired from business he decided to write a few stories for his own amusement. To date he has written seventeen books including eight full-length novels, four novelettes, two nonfiction books and three short story books. In addition, he has written numerous essays, articles, guest columns for newspapers and personality profiles of prominent people he knew for historical books. He coauthored a three-act play and much more.His initial plan was to give the books to charities to be used for fund raisers and other nonprofit causes. He did not plan to commercially market his work. The reaction to his books has been exceptionally good, with people calling to order copies for friends and relatives. After such a favorable reception, he recently decided to place them on the commercial market where the proceeds could be directed to other worthy causes. He gives generously to charities.He continues to write every day and aspires to finish all of the more than twenty writing projects he has outlined for himself including two novels presently in development.He and his wife of nearly 60 years have traveled in more than 45 countries in the world during his business career and on vacations. They presently reside in Marietta, Georgia, where he is active in civic clubs as a member and guest speaker. He recently started a writing program for fourth grade students in several local schools. He wrote half of a short story and the students finish it. Winners are selected by members of the Marietta Golden "K" Kiwanis Club and the schools. Prizes are awarded for the best finished story.

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