The betsy tacy series6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The 10 B-T books are actually a thinly-veiled autobiography of Lovelace’s own childhood and adolescence - with Betsy standing for Maud herself. Working mornings at a technical publishing company left Whalen’s afternoons free to delve into the Lovelace material at the Mankato Historical Society and Minnesota’s public libraries. “I was just out of college and looking for a job, and I thought the book would be it,” she said. the fictional Deep Valley of the books - on a visit to meet her future husband’s family. Whalen’s interest in things Betsy bloomed anew shortly after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. But Lovelace, who died in 1980, was too ill to answer much fan mail. When she was 14, she even wrote Lovelace, asking about her background. Whalen, a 34-year-old mother of three, read the books as a child in Royal Oaks, Mich. “One thing about Betsy-Tacy fans, you don’t really have to say much about yourself. ![]()
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