VOICES FROM THE BOX (MEMOIR)
What secrets can be revealed when the contents of one ordinary box is opened?
Sarah was an exceptional woman who was faced with a frightening, life altering decision. She made unimaginable sacrifices, forced to hide what should have been celebrated. Her enormous strength and insights have allowed others to realize their choices today.
Elgee Bove was an international icon. A child prodigy, his brilliance, as a fashion designer, was recognized by Judy Garland when he was just seventeen years old. By eighteen years old, he was nationally recognized by the President of the United States. He was a millionaire by nineteen. His ability to create dresses made women feel beautiful within, endeared him and his designs, to include the most famous women in the world.
Why did these two stories come together? Sarah Schaeffer and Elgee Bove, were two people whose lives crisscrossed in unexpected ways. They were two -young people forced to navigate the world. The people who were supposed to love them and stand by them the most, forced them to live a life of secrets. Their once muted voices, now unveiled as contents from a box, have changed the lives of not one family, but two. The unremarkable cardboard box traveled more than 10,000 miles, through two countries, in the most challenging of climates, to sit on a shelf for over ten years. Until one day, a woman opened the box and discovered all that was inside. If one tiny mishap would have interrupted this journey, this box would not have been opened and the contents revealed.
Their lives portrayed ‘atypical love stories’. Now, more than fifty years later, they are being celebrated as pioneers of the most talked about front line issues of today.
We hope you grow to love and admire Sarah and Elgee, as their voices are raised from the box!
What secrets can be revealed when the contents of one ordinary box is opened?
Sarah was an exceptional woman who was faced with a frightening, life altering decision. She made unimaginable sacrifices, forced to hide what should have been celebrated. Her enormous strength and insights have allowed others to realize their choices today.
Elgee Bove was an international icon. A child prodigy, his brilliance, as a fashion designer, was recognized by Judy Garland when he was just seventeen years old. By eighteen years old, he was nationally recognized by the President of the United States. He was a millionaire by nineteen. His ability to create dresses made women feel beautiful within, endeared him and his designs, to include the most famous women in the world.
Why did these two stories come together? Sarah Schaeffer and Elgee Bove, were two people whose lives crisscrossed in unexpected ways. They were two -young people forced to navigate the world. The people who were supposed to love them and stand by them the most, forced them to live a life of secrets. Their once muted voices, now unveiled as contents from a box, have changed the lives of not one family, but two. The unremarkable cardboard box traveled more than 10,000 miles, through two countries, in the most challenging of climates, to sit on a shelf for over ten years. Until one day, a woman opened the box and discovered all that was inside. If one tiny mishap would have interrupted this journey, this box would not have been opened and the contents revealed.
Their lives portrayed ‘atypical love stories’. Now, more than fifty years later, they are being celebrated as pioneers of the most talked about front line issues of today.
We hope you grow to love and admire Sarah and Elgee, as their voices are raised from the box!
What secrets can be revealed when the contents of one ordinary box is opened?
Sarah was an exceptional woman who was faced with a frightening, life altering decision. She made unimaginable sacrifices, forced to hide what should have been celebrated. Her enormous strength and insights have allowed others to realize their choices today.
Elgee Bove was an international icon. A child prodigy, his brilliance, as a fashion designer, was recognized by Judy Garland when he was just seventeen years old. By eighteen years old, he was nationally recognized by the President of the United States. He was a millionaire by nineteen. His ability to create dresses made women feel beautiful within, endeared him and his designs, to include the most famous women in the world.
Why did these two stories come together? Sarah Schaeffer and Elgee Bove, were two people whose lives crisscrossed in unexpected ways. They were two -young people forced to navigate the world. The people who were supposed to love them and stand by them the most, forced them to live a life of secrets. Their once muted voices, now unveiled as contents from a box, have changed the lives of not one family, but two. The unremarkable cardboard box traveled more than 10,000 miles, through two countries, in the most challenging of climates, to sit on a shelf for over ten years. Until one day, a woman opened the box and discovered all that was inside. If one tiny mishap would have interrupted this journey, this box would not have been opened and the contents revealed.
Their lives portrayed ‘atypical love stories’. Now, more than fifty years later, they are being celebrated as pioneers of the most talked about front line issues of today.
We hope you grow to love and admire Sarah and Elgee, as their voices are raised from the box!