Connie's Wars

About the Book

This is a book of historical fiction. The story is loosely based on the life of my great-great-grandmother. The story spans one hundred years of Irish history. Connie, the main character in the book, lived through every year of the twentieth century. Connie was born in Belfast, North Ireland, in the year of 1900 and passed in the year of 2000. Connie lived through both the First and the Second World Wars. Connie also lived through what became known as the troubles in North Ireland. Hence the title, Connie’s Wars. Connie was born into an extremely wealthy family. It would be fair to say that Connie lived a life of privilege, wanting for nothing throughout her early years. As a child, Connie was taught by both her mother and father that to live a life of such privilege carried a huge responsibility. A duty to look after those less fortunate than she was. Connie was taught that it was the duty of the wealthy to provide work and security for the working classes. This was a lesson that Connie learned well and put it into practices throughout her life. Although a Unionist and loyal to the British Crown all her life, Connie never ever harbored bigoted thoughts of any kind. When dealing with people no matter their creed, Connie always treated people as just that, people.

About the Author

I am the author of this book, and my name is G. N. Bell. I took up writing in the year of 2010. Back in the year of 2008 an accident left me a paraplegic. I was encouraged by my cousin Janet, who is a teacher of creative writing and a published author, to take up writing as therapy. This I did reluctantly, because up to this point, I don’t believe that I had written more than two letters in my entire life. Once I got started, I found writing addictive, and over the years, I have written a total of four books. One a collection of short children’s stories that has already been published. The name of this book is Imogen’s adventures in Angel-Wing Forest.