Beyond the Fences
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"Beyond the Fences" is a spellbinding, coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s. The protagonist Marilyn White grows up on a rural Kentucky farm, surrounded by a loving, supportive family. As she matures, she ventures into the sophisticated European industry of high fashion. Extremely ambitious, focused and hardworking, she finds herself blindsided by the entrapment of people who help her reach her career goals, then betray her trust.
Keeping her resolve to family loyalty, Marilyn struggles with the discovery of unlikely relationships that often challenge her established family core values. Exposed to diverse social issues, she finds herself in the position of making dramatic life choices.
With twists and turns, the second half of the book concentrates on Marilyn learning dark and profound family secrets from her aging mother. Her mother’s private recollections dovetail into Marilyn learning to navigate the course of her own adult journey and maturation with confidence and resolution.
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It is the late 1940s as little Marilyn White grows up in tranquil Kentucky farm country, distant from the countries ravaged by the Second World War. Surrounded by a loving, supportive family, Marilyn's life experiences take her through incredible obstacles and personal growth as her younger sister struggles with a paralyzing illness. As she matures and decides to study in Milan, Marilyn begins executing a plan to achieve her dreams.
As her journey leads her to take flight into the world, Marilyn is catapulted into a dichotomy between freedom gained from worldly experience and protection secured from familiarity. When fate takes the ambitious Marilyn into the sophisticated European industry of high fashion, she finds herself blindsided by those who helped her reach her career goals. While resolving to adhere to family loyalty, Marilyn learns dark, profound secrets from her aging mother that propel her on a new path where she must make dramatic life choices with confidence and resolution.
In this coming-of-age tale, a Kentucky farm girl matures into a young woman full of big dreams as her life's journey leads her into the European fashion industry and to discovering her true identity.
About the Author
Muriel W. Sheubrooks enjoyed a lengthy and successful career as a real estate executive before moving to Europe with her husband, Rich, in 1997. After living in Amsterdam and Barcelona for sixteen years and traveling the world, Muriel and her husband returned to the United States. Together, they have five children, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren and reside in South Carolina.