Good Morning Delmarva discusses eastern shore-based book “Under the Redbud Tree”
WMDT – E Dee Monnen is an accomplished writer that has written several books over the years. She started with books about baseball but recently released a book called “Under the Redbud Tree” with a plot that takes place on the lower eastern shore.
Monnen tells us it’s the strong agricultural community in our area that inspired the book.
The book is a heartwarming story filled with love, faith, and redemption surrounding a family of farmers.
Monnen also says she uses a fictional town in this book, but it can represent any community on the shore.
We’re told she’s lived in different counties across Delmarva and uses parts of her experience in each county in the book.
Monnen also received help from places like Atlantic Tractor and local farmers to accurately depict life as a farmer.
She wants this book to be a remembrance of what life was like on Delmarva during this time period.