In the Shadow of the Dam: BERTHA 'VAN' EDWARDS NORTH with Bill Seymour

By Bertha 'Van' Edwards North

A Book About Love, Lust and Loss, Life's Enduring Twists and Trysts. A holiday memoir for the hopeless romantic and the inner detective. The curious historian will be intrigued, too. A Romantic Scandal Too Bold for Its Time and Finally Revealed - By Bertha "Van" Edwards North, with Bill Seymour. A legacy about lies, and lost towns

Readers Have Noted it is for: Historical fiction fans, Women's fiction and literary followers, Book clubs and a general audience.

There's plenty of intrigue to have you and your friends talking for days about who, what, when, where and why.

Praise for IN THE SHADOW OF THE DAM:
"Fiery fiction exposes fact-based tales behind New York City's water empire...." -- Lillian Brown, Catskills Today, The Reporter.
"A gem of a novel... vivid and unforgettable..." -Yvette Nachmias-Beau, Ledicia's Key and others
"Bold, amusing, and absorbing..." - Theresa Schimmel, Yankee Girl in Dixie and others
"A tender resurrection and tribute..." - I. Michael Grossman, Shrinkwrapped and others.
"A universal tale of life..." -- Tom Brillat, Silas Discovers His Gift, Ekaterina and others.

Bertha "Van" Edwards North's manuscript remained hidden, yellowed and bound, as Brown reported, in a family collection for decades. The book was so revelatory that publishers in the early 1960s refused to print it, fearing prosecution like Penguin Books saw for Lady Chatterley's Lover. She died on New Year's Day 2000 without seeing her revelatory work published.

Her grandson, Bill Seymour, a university professor and journalist, decided it was time the world read the story his grandmother had crafted against the backdrop of life's twists and turns in love, lust and loss of self and community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1953080596
• ISBN13: 9781953080592
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: eBook Bakery
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"