{"id":4972,"date":"2019-09-19T15:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:09:10","slug":"casting-thicker-than-water-founding-families-of-millbrook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/19\/casting-thicker-than-water-founding-families-of-millbrook\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Thicker Than Water &#8211; Founding Families of Millbrook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fictitious town of Millbrook in my serialized novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wattpad.com\/story\/188688196-thicker-than-water\">Thicker Than Water<\/a>, wasn\u2019t built by the MacDoyles alone. 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