The Chess Queen, by Valerie A Edwards
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The Chess Queen, by Valerie A Edwards
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In 1986, Elizabeth Ward Hoskins died leaving the contents of her home on Cape Cod to my husband, Donald Ward Bennett Edwards. He grew up in California unaware of his Ward family history in Boston. He had the opportunity while still a young boy to meet his great aunt, Elizabeth Bruen Perkins (Bessie), who speaks for the family in this biographical book which begins with her grandfather, Samuel Gray Ward, a prominent member of Boston’s society and patron to many writers and artists. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s book, Letter to a Friend, the friend referred to is Samuel Gray Ward with whom he had a life long friendship. Elizabeth Hoskins, like many New England families of that era, never threw away items such as letters, news articles, scrapbooks and post cards. While working to dispose many of the items in the house unaware of the many famous people acquainted with the family, I discovered a manuscript dated 1928 written by Howard Ridgely Ward, the brother of Elizabeth Perkins. In it he described his life with the Thomas Wren Wards of New York and his Bostonian grandparents. It became obvious that there was a fascinating story to be written and so I began. It took two years to transcribe all the material at which time I began to relate closely with the course of the life of Elizabeth Perkins. Events, except for very few, in The Chess Queen actually took place, only the dialogue with its emotional content is my own. I know Bessie spoke through me to tell her story.
The Chess Queen, by Valerie A Edwards- Amazon Sales Rank: #3405415 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.07" w x 6.00" l, 1.37 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 426 pages
About the Author Valerie once stated that she was born to leave home. To this day she is driven by extreme curiosity about the world and its fascinating cultures, history and in continual search for its humanity. She attended St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland where she met her soon-to-be husband, Don. Not having the money to continue her studies, she worked to help her husband finish his degree at Johns Hopkins while also taking courses. In later years they found themselves in New Jersey, finally living in Los Angeles now with three daughters. Valerie continued studies at a local college during which time the Watts riots exploded and they became involved in the growing urban crisis of Watts. With other activist friends they formed a community in the Watts area to create jobs, Headstart programs, employment and teen centers. The death of Robert F. Kennedy witnessed the decline of urban progress, and she and her husband decided it was time to leave the U.S. Six weeks later they found themselves in London, and later moved on to Kobe, Japan, New York, Rome, Italy and Paris. They returned to California in 1980 and Valerie entered U.C. Santa Cruz finishing a degree in European history. Looking back on her life she found she had been lucky to study all those years whatever took her interest, accruing a vast spectrum of knowledge from exploring the world. Her childhood dream. She continues to explore and is now living in Ajijic, Mexico.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. BE SURPRISED! By TuTu Hudy I read The Chess Queen in a matter of a few days. Not uncommon for many people, especially those who would take the time to write a review, but I admit I do not consider myself an avid reader. I look for books that have a hook in the first chapter shying away from biographies and such.Using those criteria I was mistakenly hesitant. Happily I was wrong! The Chess Queen immediately drew me in. The author uses authentic letters found in an attic to create her story and is told from each characters viewpoint, building their own momentum revealing sources of familial endearment and tension. There is a wonderful fluidity to it.One certainly gets a sense of what it was like in an earlier time but can also relate to present day family relationships. Do people ever change? Yet, there is a voice in each of her characters and in the case of Bessie we experience her growth through frustration, struggle with keeping the family aligned and ultimate revelation of what life should be or should have been. On every page, Ms. Edwards reminds us that we all traverse life’s roads with trials and tribulations and see our own reflections in the mirror.The Chess Queen is insightful and smart. I look forward to future books from this author without hesitation!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Dancing with a Time Clock! By Mary Alice Golsen The "Chess Queen" remains light on her feet as time races by and geographical boundaries stretch worldwide! She is everything needed for both generations; "the old and the new!" If you're broadminded and interested in looking back a generation or two in time, this is an interesting family to visit! I read through it in a few days and enjoyed the authors writing style. The Ward family has a Boston background, but is now living in New York with the family of three mature children trying out their talents and perspectives for success in contrasting choices. The older sister, Elizabeth, "Bessie" is still at home and receives the correspondence from brothers, George and Howard who do not hesitate; and act on fulfilling their goals. As they meet adversity and challenge, Bessie is the recipient of the correspondence and does her best to keep the chess board balanced. She is the most conservative and patient family member and stays in touch with the challenges facing her brothers!Bessie doesn't travel much further than the outskirts of New York, but she meets the challenges head on and communicates with the older generation and those of her own experience! Out-spoken Amy Lowell is her guest and we get an ear full of her perspectives on society as she knows it! The young nieces and nephews are sent to her while expeditions are improvised and worked on the West Coast! She is everything needed for both generations, the "old and the new!"If you're broadminded and interested in looking back in time, this family gives you a lot! The Chess Queen is light on her feet as time races by and geographical boundaries stretch worldwide!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An American family By SANDRA NASH Ms. Edwards has developed a unique writing style and perhaps even a new writing genre using authentic historical letters to weave a family portrait of success and failure, love and longing.In todays world of texting, acronyms, slang and profanity it is refreshing and somewhat shocking to read the polite fluidity of both the letters and Ms. Edwards writing.A very interesting read and look into an American family at the turn of the century. A great first book.
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