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Search - My Thomas: A Novel of Martha Jefferson's Life

My Thomas A Novel of Martha Jefferson's Life
Author: Roberta Grimes

The world is full of evils. I cannot bear to hear the stuck hogs squeal, nor see a horse ill-used, nor think there could be anywhere an unloved child. The differences in human station seem to me not even the greatest evil. — When Martha Skelton finds herself falling in love with a shy young burgess named Thomas Jefferson, it feels like an inconv... more »enience. Widowed at twenty-two, Martha has no desire to lose the independence she has gained in the wake of her husband's death. But she cannot deny her feelings indefinitely. Despite her intentions, her friendship with Thomas develops into an intense and all-consuming love.

History casts a shadow on Martha's newfound joy. Through her father's slave and mistress, Betty Hemings, she comes to understand the true nature of slavery, an institution she has always taken for granted. As Betty's revelations tear down the walls of her ignorance, Martha begins to work with her husband to end the despicable practice forever.

This story is essentially true. Thomas Jefferson was such an obsessive record-keeper that we know what he was doing nearly every day of his adult life, and all the public things he is quoted as saying in My Thomas come from his contemporary writings. Martha's marriage to Thomas spanned the decade from 1772 to 1782, so it put her at the center of the audacious grab at freedom that was the American Revolution. Jefferson's writings suggest that if he had not been widowed, he would have retired from politics following the war and devoted himself to finding a way to end slavery that could have truly and forever healed the separations between the races. It is hard to read Martha's story now and not think about what might have been.

Letters from Love is a seven-novel saga that tells five fresh and engaging love stories. Spanning almost five hundred years, the series will give you a new appreciation for your own glorious potential.

About the Author

Roberta Grimes has been researching and writing the Letters From Love Series since the mid-seventies. She began its publication with My Thomas (Doubleday 1993, BOMC QPB; Wheatmark 2014) before work and family intervened. With her children now grown and her legal career winding down, she resumes the series with the publication of Letter from Freedom and Letter from Money (both Wheatmark 2014). Four more novels over the next ten years will complete this half-millennium saga. Roberta blogs and answers questions at RobertaGrimes.com.

ISBN-13: 9781627870702
ISBN-10: 1627870709
Publication Date: 1/15/2014
Pages: 392
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Publisher: Wheatmark
Book Type: Paperback
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