Abolitionists opposed slavery from the moment the slave ships first arrived in the Americas, even before the colonies dreamed of becoming a separate nation. For over a century, they told the facts of such an inhuman practice, and they preached the ultimate wrong of one person claiming the right to own another. Yet, for most people, those facts were not “true,” they weren’t real, until Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote and published Uncle Tom’s Cabin....

 “So,” razzed younger neighbors, “what does a seventy-year-old who sits on her bottom all day to write know about getting up on a paddleboard? You’ll fall on your butt!”

Welcome award winning Sapphire Author's Liz McMullen and Shelia Powell to the Sapphire Gem Room~ We've asked the ladies a few questions about their new release, Finding Fire which is the sequel to the award winning book, Finding Home. We've also asked them some questions so that you can get to know them better. So let's start the polishing.

The birth of a new baby and the release of a new book are similar. Especially, if you’ve had a two year gap between releases. How do I know, I’ve had three sons...

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