Veneta Junction
A Mother's Journey
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While Veneta had been with the Titus family, Veneta’s parents had settled at a logging camp where Martin worked logging and Annie May cooked for the men. That was where they lived when Veneta was reunited with them all. But logging was dangerous work, pushing all those logs where one could easily be crushed, especially during the logjams. It was not a place where one would raise young children. Once again Annie May had to find a house to rent. They settled in Millbridge, Maine, right next to a sardine cannery, the Eagle Preserve Fish Company. It was an interesting place where once a year all the residents could take an empty wheelbarrow to the cannery and fill it up with cans of sardines.
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About the Book
Ninety-two years ago, Veneta, unaccompanied and with only a note pinned to her
clothing, crossed the border from Canada into the United States. That was a major
moment in her journey from her birth in Nova Scotia, to her current residence in
Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. There were stops along the way, important stops,
that provided many memories that will carry the reader from one junction to the next.
They will meet the child, the little girl, the young woman, and finally the mother
who has become the matriarch of her world, with over seventy living descendants,
children—grandchildren—great grandchildren—great-great grandchildren.
About the Author
Sharleen Kapp has published nine books with iUniverse under the name AnnieMae Robertson. She has collaborated with Dale Willis and Diane Figueiredo to write Veneta Junction, a collection of their mother Veneta's memories and other stories. The three authors live in Massachusetts in and near their mother's home.