Just appeared at a book club in Woodstock,IL talking about the Carrion Vine. The group was very engaged and complimentary. The hard cover book is sold out, but good news, it can be obtained through Amazon Kindle and Nook as an e-book for only $3.99.
I am currently writing a sequel to the Carrion Vine. Hope to have it out beginning of next year.
Erane Scully
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Freedom - in British ATS Uniform
Erane Scully - Author
The Carrion Vine
NOW AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK FOR ONLY $3.99
Prologue Exerpt
Vita Kew and her daughter Ellie were vacationing in Western Poland when they were captured by the Russians, while fleeing from the Germans at the onset of World War II. Caught up in the drama of changing political boundaries and the vagaries of war, they were shipped to a Siberian labor camp with hundreds of thousands of Polish citizens, as Communist Russia began to expatriate the countries along its Western border. Their story is written in a docu-drama format because Vita's diary, upon which it is based, was understandably incomplete in many details, and some incidents were sketched from Ellie's memory only. Above all, however, this is a sincere and thrilling story, told with a clear voice.
Inspiration - Vita Kew, Mother of Ellie, creator of the diary this book is based on.
Author's Note
The Carrion Vine is a historically accurate, non-fiction account based upon the diary my mother kept, fleshed out with my vivid memories as a 14 year-old girl. It is written in a narrative style in the thirdperson, like a short story. I began writing in a diary-type style, but it became too hard, too emotional and too personal for me to continue. I had to remove myself and look at it from an observer's standpoint and recount all the events objectively as if they were happening to someone else. Also some of the character's names have been changed at their request to protect those who are still in Russia. Our story is representative of the unspeakable treatment of hundreds of thousands of innocent people by the Russian government. It is accompanied by photos and a detailed map tracing the journey from Warsaw, Poland to Siberia and the ultimate return via central, then southern Russia, over the Caspian Sea to Persia and then to India.
Erane Elizabeth (Ellie) Kew
Freedom - in British ATS Uniform
The Journey - 5, 592 miles to Freedom
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erane Elizabeth Scully is a resident of Woodstock, IL since 1960, is a twice widowed Senior with a colorful past that nudges at many of her interests and loves: her horses, her dogs, her cars, and her stubborn pursuit of writing. Her biggest accomplishment was a self published true story, "The Carrion Vine", a book very well received, with the hard cover version being totally sold out. Promotion of The Carrion Vine has primarily been local; and Erane has accepted speaking invitations from dozens organizations, churches, schools and book clubs to self -promote this true story. For readers all over the world, The Carrion Vine has been published as an e-book and is now available through Kindle and Nook. There is also a sequel to The Carrion Vine in the works.
Author - Erane Elizabeth Scullly
