Voices in the Desert

Story ID:	1910
Written by:	Virginia Allain (bio, link, contact, other stories)
Organization:	none
Story type:	Travel
Writers Conference:	$500 2007 Family Memories Writing Project
Location:	Alice Springs NT Australia
Year:	1992
Person:	Betty Allain

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Posted 04/04/2007 00:02 by Cynthia Jo Ross | Reply

Wonderful story, plus enjoyed the pictures. Thanks for sharing your moment in time. Your mother-in-law has a most unusal name. Do you happen to know the meaning of her name?

Posted 04/04/2007 16:57 by Virginia Allain | Reply

It's a French name, but her friends call her Bettty.

Posted 04/06/2007 08:53 by Carol J Garriott | Reply

A delightful essay! Photos help set the scene for sure. I almost felt/heard the voices! Carol

Posted 04/08/2007 18:50 by Karen Kolavalli | Reply

The lead-in to this story felt like it could be the start of a Mary Stewart novel! (I'd love to read it when you get it written!)

Where did Cindy see a name other than Betty for your mother-in-law? (Maybe you revised the piece.) Made me curious to know what her French name was.

I enjoyed this piece a lot.

Karen

Posted 04/11/2007 22:06 by Virginia Allain | Reply

You must be thinking of Mary Stewart's Madam Will You Talk, and the landscape in the south of France or the one set in Greece.