![]() Then they told her a couple years later that it had returned, and she was put back to bed for 9 months. ‘The doctors told at age 13 that she had rheumatic fever and they sent her to bed for eleven months. Only when Jeanie is in late middle-age does she discover from her doctor that she never had RHD and so nothing is as she imagined.īetsy wrote to tell me about her mother, Bette Hubbard who died in 2008. In the book (as you know, since you’ve read it – ahem) Jeanie has rheumatic fever as a child, and then when she’s twelve her mother tells her has rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and so she must live a gentle life with her, at home. ![]() None of it is based on anyone I know or any stories I heard. In fact, you could buy it from Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina, if you’re in the US (as well as being a physical bookshop, they also sell online).īut anyway, the thing about Unsettled Ground is that I made all made up. You could always go and buy Unsettled Ground, read it, and come back here. ![]() ![]() And this is going to include spoilers, so if you haven’t read it, I urge you to stop reading this article now, if you’re planning on reading the book. But first I need to tell you a little bit about Unsettled Ground. I want to tell you about a message I received recently from Betsy Teter, a reader in South Carolina, in the US. Bette Hubbard in bed with her rabbit and record player ![]()
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