How does your sister Dawn feel about the book?

Initially Dawn had some misgivings. Dawn had lovingly assisted Bettina in her attempts to write her memoir in her mid eighties. This version was published for the family and was a key resource for my own writing.

The most important thing for me was that my book not cause any division between Dawn and me. I would have rather not published. When we discussed what elements concerned Dawn it amounted to a few sentences and was rather an issue of tone than fact. This was easy to adapt and I believe Dawn's comments helped me and improved the book. Compared with the considerable adjustments made by later editors, Dawn's were tiny variations with the benefit that she is now as delighted as I am with the interest in Bettina's story.