The Ribbon Untied

A Journey to Finding a Family

Ann Eklund

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Ribbon Untied LLC
21 August 2021

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; History; Archaeology; Travel & Lifestyle

Are you searching for someone missing from your family tree?

Ann was. Her husband, Chuck, was born out of wedlock in 1944 and raised by his mother, Mary Lou, and a stepfather. Chuck grew up an only child, thinking that his mother was the only blood relative he had. After his stepfather dies of a heart attack in 1966 and Mary Lou succumbs to cancer in 1972, Chuck needs to sell the family home.

As Chuck and Ann clean everything out of Mary Lou's house, they unearth a shoebox full of love letters tied with a red ribbon. Postmarked during World War II and addressed to Mary Lou, the letters were written over a span of two and a half years-by an American pilot. Could he be Chuck's missing father? With no effective way to search and no one to ask, Chuck and Ann can only ponder and speculate. Until the world wide web comes into existence! Aided by the tools of the internet and her own tenacity, Ann embarks on a genealogical quest to unravel the mystery . . .

By: Ann Eklund
Imprint: Ribbon Untied LLC
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9781737211709
ISBN 10: 173721170X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 21 August 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ann Eklund was born and raised in southeast Texas. At age fifteen, she and her parents moved to California where a whole new world opened up for her. Her professional life as an educator spanned forty-seven years. Starting her career in 1968 as a kindergarten teacher, Ann moved on to serve as a school and district-level administrator for thirty-nine years. She flunked retirement and returned to teaching as a university instructor for eight more years, until 2016. Ann has had a passion for working within educational communities to analyze their current systems and examine new possibilities. One of her favorite sayings is There are lots of right answers. Ann's fascination with the mysteries and secrets of family history-yet another system-has been the driving force behind this memoir.

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The Ribbon Untied

A Journey to Finding a Family

Ann Eklund

$45.95 $39.02

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