Like fleeting images in a music video, or the way sight and sound and taste and touch and smell suddenly stand out sharp and clear, for a brief instant, when we have a high fever, or are very very tired, or spaced out on medications. Those come-together, make-a-memory moments are our Keeping Days."
Author's Life Reflected in Fiction
Johnston's life has been packed with such memorable times, and her fiction books are largely drawn from her own experiences. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked extensively in the worlds of theater and fashion, taught art and dramatics, attended debutante balls, and also endured times when she was so poor that she had to go without stockings in a snowstorm. In addition to her own rich life, she has used her family's history in her books and series, many of which take place in historical settings.
Although she was an only child, Johnston's extended family was very large, as the families she writes about tend to be. On her mother's side, she is descended from Dutch colonists who settled what is now New York and New Jersey. This branch of the family tree is fictionalized in the "Keeping Days" series.
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