How are masterpieces born? Where are the sources of the author's inspiration, which made it possible to create a book that later became a bestseller? A literary mystery ... And to solve it, the researcher, in addition to painstaking work in libraries and archives, sometimes has to try himself and as a detective. Especially if the book has sunk into the soul, if it has a fateful meaning, if it has become a part of life. It is such a study, staggering with its results, but never giving an answer to the main question, has to be produced by Eddie Burchill, editor of one of London's publishing firms. (However, the reader, unlike Edi, will be dedicated, by the author's grace, to all the secrets of the creation of the novel). Before Edie is a difficult task: to get to the sources of the birth of a literary masterpiece, which was admired by more than one generation of readers, and not only young people, but also older people, and very old people, a gothic novel about the Slime-Breeder reviving and rising from bad weather, calling for help and about love, storing the terrible secret of his death ... A novel written in the walls of the ancient castle of Mylderhurst and made his famous author Raymond Blythe famous far beyond England. This castle exists to this day, and it contains three old ladies, the writer's daughters: the twin sisters Seraphina and Persephone Blythe, and the younger, UniPer, the object of love and the untiring care of the elder sisters. For 50 years now, UniPer has been waiting for the arrival of his fiancé, and he is still gone ... And the white bride in a white dress roams the abandoned corridors of the castle ... The walls are bleak, a sad and bleak existence ... And the seal of unspoken sorrow on Percy's energetic face. And sadness and resignation to fate in all the nice appearance of Saffi. Raymond Blight paid a brutal price for his creation! And involuntarily the thought arises: was it necessary to write this novel at all? Especially - publish it, making it public domain, breathing life into the nightmare of your beloved daughter? And do the innocent Uni-opera involved in a terrible secret, confessing before her, then still quite a child? And to give Percy a cruel attitude: to be a support for his sisters, to protect them for the rest of his life? If you think about it, Raymond Blythe was a big egoist, shifting all his sufferings, fears and sins to daughters' fragile shoulders! And they sincerely loved their father ... And they loved each other. And they suffered for each other, and for each other. Each in its own way, but very, very much suffered. They may object to me: creativity is irrational, and creative personality does not tolerate limitations and conventions in its implementation. Yes it is. And yet ... If the novel was destined to be born (and he could not help being born: the writer's inspiration was too great), let it be the secret fruit of creation, an illegitimate child, carefully hidden from everyone, especially from daughters! Who would stop Raymond Blyth from putting his work on the table and closing it tightly to the castle? Not a bad decision, but only the Truth would not cease to be Truth, and the black veil would in one way or another envelop the fate of the writer's daughters. But God be with him, with Raymond Blight! His life was not easy, and the end, too. And how can you judge a man who, in fact, was a toy in the hands of fate! The story told by Keith Morton would be sad and hopeless to tears, if not for the second storyline that tells the story of Eddie Burchill and her mother, Meredith Baker, who, in 1941, was in an evacuation in the castle of Mylderhurst. It is also a family story, but, fortunately, with a bright end. And although it has a lot of sadness, bitterness and unfulfilled hopes, the end is still optimistic and life-affirming. It should be noted that the thematic book is very diverse. War, love, family, creativity, the joy of writing and the happiness of the reader who finally got his book ... For Eddie Burchill and her family, such a book was "The Genuine Strawberry Story" by Raymond Blythe. A book that gave the joy of being, inspired hope, inspiring and giving strength to live and enjoy life. Helping to forget about everything in the world and read, read, read ... And to be immensely grateful to the author for his work - no matter what was the source for creative inspiration! Although the question still remains open: are all the means good in achieving the goal?
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