Scheffler, Jean

The Sugar House is Jean Scheffler's literary debut. She grew up "South of Detroit" & as a child she would sit on her Grandfathers lap at his summer cottage and intently listen to stories of his childhood adventures in early industrial Detroit. As he rocked her in front of the roaring fire, her love for Detroit's history and its exciting past took root. Later, as a young nurse she would peruse the quiet halls of her workplaces and find willing storytellers from that great generation who were happy to share their memories of the "Paris of the Midwest." Research through newspapers, movies, books