Grace Duffie Boylan

Grace Duffie Boylan (1861? - 1935) was an American writer. She wrote many children’s books, often dealing with diverse races and cultures, like "Uncle Tom’s Cabin" (not to be confounded with the same title by Harriet Beecher Stowe). Other titles include: "Young Folks", "Our Little Eskimo Kiddies: Kids of Many Colors", "Yama Yama Land", and "Our Little Cuban Kiddies".

Her "Thy Son Liveth: Messages From A Soldier To His Mother" appeared in 1918cite book
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title =Thy Son Liveth: Messages from a Soldier to His Mother
publisher =Little, Brown, and company
date = 1919
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pages =84 pages
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id = ] anonymously. It is her account (the following editions were published under her name) of what her son communicated to her about death using morse code and automatic writing after his death on the battlefield in France during World War I.

This novel served Director Peter O'Fallon as base for his movie "A Rumor of Angels" (2001), starring Vanessa Redgrave. The scenario about a boy who learns to cope with the death of his mother by befriending a grumpy old lady who is being transposed to our times.

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