Susan Johnson Hadler
Interview by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
How hard was it to write this book? The hardest part was fear of upsetting my family. The first book I wrote, Lost in the Victory, which I co-authored with Ann Mix, touched my mother’s deep, deep pain at the death of her husband in WWII. The family circled its wagons around Mother, and I was cut off from them for several years. This time I was very careful to give everyone the chance to read the manuscript. Their enthusiasm and help was indescribably precious to me and a source of encouragement beyond anything I could imagine. I would have written it all down for my children and myself without their acceptance, but their trust and support kept me going all the way to a book.
