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J 3" l trite ‘l'lll ' iidtoathiii -. ; ”sum ; a, 5 . 713‘“; ”a fig-” if: '. " WW} I ~ ..3i“"‘ Nil 1 gd g V, _ . {cf . 7. a“ 3 .7 .3.» wfiuaruk ’0. . n 3;... .. "We raised our kids in Waterloo a?“ #:T‘harzwfifi'f a“ . . ;.‘:"V , v, r," - :1 " ‘* ;,. " if“ a; H3 A" i ‘ and I taught musit at laurier and 41’ ‘ ~ ,1" $51,} >1 "- ,‘ 3%.“ 3 T: ’ 2 :m.. t ‘ ( oiitad (.rebel t(‘olleget hut iii w ”5“". -. {in ”it": -V 1"“- -: 3‘5 1 .. . i Jot)?» my husband was phased out j .. f“ ‘7 ‘ '4 ‘7. _ ‘ H ‘ of his job and he got a new job in i . . ., ~‘ ' .,; V . l j .. Richmond. Virginia." said May, “My #1733. 71%,.“ . ... " ' V 1 kids were all iiiiiversityraged and "as; J ‘. I I stayed back in (anada and I could ‘ ‘ ’ i ’ 4 iii work because I didn‘t have a per i . ; not. so I started writing." I _ . ‘ Writing had beeti a literlong pas I ' 3 . i sioii for the :33 yearold. but it was *W‘ ‘ the change or circumstances and i _ walfi- . i going through the emotions of dis I ‘ -. "*“YQ‘ ' ‘ .9- “ A « : plan-merit that sent-d as inspira Former Waterloo resvdent Sylvra May's first novel The Unraveling of Abby Settel incorporates some of her experiences in feeling displaced before finding 1 tioii for her first iioxel called. The a new home in Bermuda : I/Iirill't‘lllulllf‘lhlfl' Nelle] WWDW‘D May had lM‘t time involved In a allowed her todelve deeper into the prise." said May. “When we started ortdaughter issues as well. Worth Books. Amazon.com and ' writer's group iii \ irgiiiia and start inotnanons of her main character this titheiiture we were kind of “You want to still be there for other retailers. ed working Wllll atiotlier writer while exploring settings and some excited because it was a new ven- everybody even though yoti live "I really like reading books that] who published coinlort mysteries tioiis that t alled on her ('l’t‘dIlVll‘y tore l.()00 km away " can relate to the setting.” said May. under the pen name oi I my Arling “she's trying to figure out who “But I wasn‘t prepared for the Moving to an island obviously and she thinks a local audience will too she is." said Mas "she left her faint i-iiiotional impact, I thought ifl had changed that. but the Mays still react the same way to sortie of the I got Ill\ttl\t‘tl with this writers h behind arid that‘s the premise of lltthlt‘él that this is what people make it back to Waterloo for the elements of her book which starts . I huh and thes t'lii ouragetl me to the book so I based sortie ofthat on went through when they uprooted holidays to reconnect with their out in Waterloo. “It's lovely to read I i \\rlll’ a tutu-i hm arise I was just nivsell people haven't experieiicedjt don't kids antitheir friends. about the deseriptions of land» j doing short stories and things at "But not rust itwselt I touted a reali/e either " Island life has been good to May marks and say I know that, l was 1 I that time “ said \las support group tor other woman Ihe earls renews of the book. and she now divides her time there, t Hie (Imam/lore or thin some] is who hast- lllt)\t‘(l like I did and including sortie Itoiii Bermudat between writing full time and "And that's what people will find 1 about a woman w in: has to go est-ti single petsoii in that room was that the work has some real scuba dmng, golfing. painting, tak- in my book. It's about what I've left through the upheasal oi mos Ill): had been going through the same emotional resonant e trig photos and riding her scooter, behind and what I was finding out i and the emotions \llt‘ lat i-s as she things eiiiotinnalh " "I put it out there aritl people "We love it here," said May. about the new places." i il‘.i\t‘s llt'I lainih behind lhere were sortie tum ersal seemed to connect to it." said May "We're doing things in our 50s that For more about Sylvia May and 1 Has admits some oi it is based things those women shared and “\flien I first moved I would come we'd neverthoughl we do." her new book visit her website at 1 on bet own espeiit-iites but ll isn‘t \l.i\ leels she t aptuteil some ol home from Virginia ewry six weeks Asked ilthat'sthepremiscol her wwwsylviamaycom. t l t‘tillll‘l\ autobiogiaphit al While those feelings ol Hung to bird a bet aiise I had all these issues that l next book. she can only laugh. 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