Hey, White Girl – Judith Bice
Hey, White Girl by Judith Bice takes us to Richmond, Virginia, in 1969, where Nell Randolph begins her first day at Stonewall High School, filled with Black students. Nervous and fearful of the unknown, Nell exits her carpool ride and walks toward the school entrance when someone shouts: \”Hey, white girl! You about blinding me in […]
Nancy Houser-Bluhm – Whispers for Terra
postcard transcript I was so timid with some aspects of my life, but the woods emboldened me. –Mary Keeley, Whispers for Terra by Nancy Houser-Bluhm Launched on Earth Day, Whispers for Terra is Nancy Houser-Bluhm’s debut novel, a story of life in our forests and our soil. Mary Keeley, a young woman struggling after a divorce, spends time […]
Lucretia Bingham – Beyond Absolute Love
They wake me up in the middle of the night and clamor to be heard. -Lucretia Bingham, author of Beyond Absolute Love Lucretia Bingham was roused from her sleep by the voice of Cornelia Woodstock, a character who begged the telling of her coming-of-age story in Beyond Absolute Love. After floundering through a peculiar childhood […]
Thuan Le Elston – Rendezvous at the Altar
While writing Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia, Thuan Le Elston had no inkling that her debut historical fiction novel would be published during the summer of Afghanistan\’s fall to the Taliban. In 1975 when she was in third grade, Thuan\’s family fled Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, during its capture by North […]
Joyce A. Miller – Joe Harris, The Moon
Curious and energetic, Joyce A. Miller added “novelist” to her impressive list of accomplishments with the publication of Joe Harris, The Moon. In this historical fiction debut, she honors her granduncle, whose life passion was baseball. Born May 20, 1891, in the coal mining community of Coulter, Pennsylvania, Joseph (Joe) Harris joined men and other […]