Nellie Mae Batson

Lossie Nellie Mae Batson

A girl comes of age in a small seaside community close to Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base during the early days of World War II. In spite of warnings from her father, she falls in love with a handsome, young marine. He goes off to war and leaves her pregnant. Her father intercepts her lover's letters from the front and she never hears from him. She bears their son and raises him alone. She becomes a successful businesswoman but she never forgets the love she shared with her son's father. This is a story of faith, love and determination filled with many twists and turns and told in that quaint down east North Carolina dialect. Is she ever reunited with the man she loves? Read it and find out for yourself.