The Island
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GIB LOVED THE ISLAND WHERE HE SPENT TIME WITH HIS LOVING GRANDPARENTS AFTER LOSING HIS PARENTS AND ALTHOUGH HE REMEMBERED ONLY BITS AND PIECES AFTER BEING ADOPTED OUT AT A TENDER YOUNG AGE HE YEARNED TO RETURN TO HIS MEMORY OF THIS PLACE; THIS PLACE OF LOVE. HE YEARNED FOR HIS SIBLINGS THAT HE HAD BEEN FORBIDDEN TO KNOW IN HIS NEW LIFE. HE YEARNED FOR 'THE ISLAND!'.
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About the Book
''THE ISLAND' IS A BOOK ABOUT A REAL PLACE IN RURAL MINNESOTA. IT IS ABOUT REAL PEOPLE WHO WERE HIT HARD BY THE GREAT INFLUENZA OF THE EARLY 1900'S AND ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN A FAMILY OF SIX CHILDREN LEFT ORPHANED WHO WAS ADOPTED OUT TO A FAMILY IN A NEARBY CITY. MOST OF HIS LIFE WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THIS STORY AND IS BASED ON TRUE FACTS.
About the Author
IRENE BAKKER HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS AND ALSO POETRY PUBLISHED IN ANTHOLOGIES AND FOR PEOPLE WANTING A POEM FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. SHE ESPECIALLY ENJOYS WRITING ABOUT REAL PEOPLE AND REAL HAPPENINGS. IN HER WRITINGS SHE LIKES TO MAKE KNOWN HER STRONG FAITH IN GOD AND HIS PLAN FOR OUR LIVES. SHE HAS WRITTEN SINCE A SMALL CHILD WHEN SHE TOLD STORIES TO HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS THAT ORIGINATED FROM HER IMAGINATION.