Lost and Found
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“Come with me, I want to show you something.” They
walked down the hall to the master bedroom; Henry opened the door, stepped
aside, and with a flourish of his left arm entreated them to enter. Ellen
entered, followed by Polly who went to stand next to Henry. Ellen looked up at
the painting over the bed and stopped, totally taken aback.
The painting was large and depicted a woman seated
at an easel, palette and brushes in hand. Ellen gasped; she was speechless. To
herself she said, “It’s me.” There was the widow’s peak and the white streak in
the woman’s chestnut hair. Ellen unconsciously brushed her hair back. In
addition, the woman was dressed in a cotton jumper, celadon that matched the
color of her eyes.
What in the world is going on? Was this why everyone
looked at me so strangely, and the sisters Currie were so inordinately nosey?
Ellen’s thoughts were racing.
Henry and Polly stood quietly watching her. Finally
Henry broke the silence. “Ellen, this is Lydia. Yes, Polly, the resemblance is
incredible, even to the tilt of her shoulders.”
Henry spoke softly but firmly to Ellen, “Ellen Fox,
who are you, where did you come from, and why are you here?”
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“There are no coincidences only happy little
accidents,” said Patsy. Ellen was not a
believer in such, but a chance meeting in Arkansas and a portrait of a dead
woman combined to send Ellen Fox on an adventure more mysterious than what she
had bargained for when she left her comfortable surroundings to travel. She had never seen the woman, yet the woman
bore a striking resemblance to her. Who
was this woman? Had their lives been
intertwined? If so, then who was she?
Following the trail of clues, 40 years buried, took
Ellen on a journey of discovery from Mississippi to England and Scotland. In solving the puzzle, she uncovered
deceptions and cover-ups as well as discovered new friends, family, and love. Her life would never been the same. She had been lost but now was found.
About the Author
Nancy Hill is the author of three nursing textbooks,
Community Health: A Systems Approach (with Carrie Braden, 1976) and Management
Guidelines for the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (with Linda Sullivan, 1998,
2003). She is Professor Emeritus from
Mississippi University for Women. Since
her retirement and her move to Arkansas in 1994, her activities have centered
on writing and painting. Her painting,
The Smokehouse, is hanging as part of an exhibit in Arkansas’ Senator Blanche
Lambert Lincoln Washington, D.C. office.
She grew up in Missouri and attended Missouri Valley College, Tulane
University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. This is her first novel. She is currently working on her next one.